as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of
keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out
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Recent Examples of wear out
Lounge pants: $37.99 Lounge pants can be used for their intended purpose, lounging, or many look stylish enough to wear out and about.
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Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
For Cleaning Your Cutting Board When used often, cutting boards can begin to wear out over time and may even start to emit an odor.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Over the years, just like the suspension bridge, portions of the spine can wear out.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Drivers passed out, engines wore out and tires melted.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
For Cleaning Your Cutting Board When used often, cutting boards can begin to wear out over time and may even start to emit an odor.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Over the years, just like the suspension bridge, portions of the spine can wear out.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Drivers passed out, engines wore out and tires melted.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear out
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Though both wear hats and masks and keep their heads down, there is one full-face photo caught on the Ring as a delivery man picks up the two-month-old mattress.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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The uniforms will be worn for six regular-season home games in total.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Finally, as is obvious to most observers, Israel cannot kill its way out of the threat posed by Hamas and other armed Palestinian factions.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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At least 100 people were killed, and about 20 more were still missing as of mid-October.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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With Ortiz in the mix that’s sufficient ammo in a large field, especially if the prospect of a duel between the top two horses winds up tiring those two out.Guy Martin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The long, frustrating phone call had tired my mother out.Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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The divisive race has left Americans exhausted and on edge, Sonoma State Political Science Professor David McCuan said.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Javonte Williams, Running Back Williams, 24, came to Denver with high expectations after the team exhausted a second-round pick on the North Carolina product back in 2021.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Independent of the probable timeline for making repairs to Tropicana Field, it can't be used as an outdoor venue either, because the stadium was not engineered to drain rainwater away from the field.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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But harassment campaigns and lawsuits that drain companies of time, money, resources and trust are much easier and can be just as punitive.Sara Fischer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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After the past few turbulent years, managers are burning out at alarming rates.Neena Newberry, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The air became thick with white smoke as people burned out their tires while stuck in traffic or fired off bottle rockets from the back of trucks.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Wear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20out. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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