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• n  causing to become limp or drooping
• v  lose strength
  My opponent was wilting
• v  become limp

• Once admired for the dominating excellence of its writers, artists and musicians, France today is a wilting power in the global cultural marketplace.
• All the familiar material of rehabilitation melodrama is here: doubtful doctors and blind determination; parents trying to be brave, a fianc who has pledged true love wilting .
• But with Obama propelled by panic over shrinking nest eggs and the wilting Dow, the Bradley effect may be this fall's paper tiger: an old theory re-heated by the media because .

• wilt
• droop

News & Articles

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• Iran says polls close across the country
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Interior Ministry says voting in the country's presidential election has ended across the country. Iranians had waited on line for hours in wilting heat at some polling stations in downtown Tehran and other cities, casting ballots across the vast country from desert outposts to Gulf seaports and nomad pastures. Voting was extended by five hours to meet demand, but also ...
  June 14, 2013 - The Wenatchee World

Quotes

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• Walter Smith in AFP
  It was a disappointing night and a disappointing performance overall,said Rangers coach Walter Smith whose side will now slip into the UEFA Cup. "I felt Lyon were wilting late in the game but we gave away a bad second goal. We'll play in...
• David Atlee Phillips in CJAD
  Farmers had planted record corn and they were seeing corn cobs wilting in front of them,said Phillips. "There were watering bans, wildfire bans, campfire bans (and) at times, stressful to a lot of people."
• Mark Latham in The Age
  He keeps trying to say, 'Well, we don't want somebody who wants to leave.' He says, 'We don't want to wilt or waver.' I don't know how many times I heard that. Well, Mr. President, nobody's talking about leaving, nobody's talking about wilting and... John Kerry http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGeVo7lZZrVLxpZYOe1L2RWeIhupQ San Diego Union Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/federal/20041001-1337-campaignrdp.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH02JbLmajxbIm_AqbpQ9civilFkA Oct 1, 2004 110403 144978 wilton Kim's attitude was it was my job to go keep (Greg Wilton) in the parliament," Mr Latham said. "Kim didn't talk to Greg, ring him, offer him support in any shape or form. You know, as parliamentary leader, from time to time we have sick...