as in undermines
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
fear of saying anything controversial has so lobotomized this book on geopolitics that it fails to say anything at all
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Context that undermines sensational allegations is minimized.
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Despite that, the prequel undermines Elle’s Legally Blonde character arc and, ultimately, fails to break new ground.
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Make sure to empty any excess water that drains into the saucer to keep the roots from getting soggy.
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If a demanding day drains you, take a short break before making a purchase.
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Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
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If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter.
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When the dollar weakens, commodity prices expressed in dollars tend to rise to maintain purchasing power parity for buyers operating in other currencies.
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But the corresponding upheaval is still catastrophic for any surrounding planets, which either get swallowed up by the expanding star, or drift into wider orbits as the star’s gravity weakens—some are flung out from the system entirely.
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Rodríguez Castro wears a stainless-steel version on his left wrist.
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Team Visma-Lease A Bike’s Jonas Vingegaard currently wears the yellow jersey after two stages, while Mexico’s Isaac del Toro of UAE Team Emirates won his first Tour de France stage on Sunday afternoon.
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The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.
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By way of example, Morris points to a scene in Wiseman's 1993 documentary Zoo, in which an all-women surgical team at Miami zoo castrates a wolf.
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