Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wore (away)
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That's a sky where the Milky Way is very weak or invisible near the horizon and looks rather washed out overhead.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025 -
The festival was washed out by weather, promised luxury accommodations and food were nowhere to be found (except for some pathetic cheese sandwiches), and guests only stayed one night of what was supposed to be a two-week experience.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the brand’s relationship with Unilever eroded over the years.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Security threats, including SMS phishing, artificially inflated traffic, and spam pose significant risks to both consumers and businesses and can result in financial losses and eroded trust.—
Ivan Ostojić,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Critics argue that Lee's response to the Hortman killings—promoting misinformation and making partisan jabs—undermined attempts to build a bipartisan consensus against political violence.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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While North Korea has served as a geopolitical buffer against the US and its allies in East Asia, its pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has undermined regional security and handed Washington a justification to expand its military presence on China’s doorstep.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Over the weekend, as online sleuths scoured photos of Trump for evidence of any frailty, the political scientist Ian Bremmer pointed out that obsessive scrutiny of a leader’s health is a hallmark of authoritarian countries.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Thankfully, Murphy had help, as her two friends scoured the area by her side (iPhone flashlights in hand).—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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But the relations have deteriorated significantly since the start of the war in Gaza, with Israeli officials voicing growing anger at Qatar, accusing the government of harboring Hamas and not putting enough pressure on it to agree to a ceasefire.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Republican president returned to office in January promising to reinvigorate relations with Netanyahu that had deteriorated under his Democratic predecessor.—
Gram Slattery,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Childhood illnesses had severely weakened her own heart.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the legal safeguards against such encounters have weakened.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Wore (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wore%20%28away%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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