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"wear down" Definitions
  1. to become, or make something become, gradually smaller or smoother through continuous use or rubbing

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The trials can wear down even the most experienced experts.
"Too much bickering will wear down any relationship," Sussman said.
They've been used as torture devices to wear down the enemy.
Pitching, especially at modern velocities, may inevitably wear down the body.
Some ingredients, like oil, can wear down a latex condom, she adds.
President Trump is trying to wear down America with childish name-calling.
And over time, the water-resistant capabilities of your phone wear down.
As we age, the systems our bodies use to fight disease wear down.
It's almost impossible to keep a narrative going, or to wear down a witness.
Over time, the transmission's interior components wear down and tiny particles contaminate the fluid.
Should that insulation wear down, though, we will find ourselves in a troubling world.
He is counting on his capacity to wear down the resistance by sheer force.
But ultimately people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here.
When you walk the same path again and again, they wear down, even disappear.
So if you push down long enough or hard enough, it'll start to wear down.
With the jet lag and no sleep on the plane, she's starting to wear down.
Once they've sunk to the floor, they wear down and release microplastics into the water.
But foul trouble started to wear down the Terriers as the Tar Heels climbed back.
The original was whitewashed in January after the owners saw it starting to wear down.
Every misstep can feel like a leap backward and perseverance can just plain wear down.
Meanwhile, improperly aligned teeth can also wear down your enamel and contribute to teeth loss.
"If exposed, it would deteriorate and wear down quickly," meaning T. rex's teeth would rot.
But then, for the first time all year, the Crimson Tide started to wear down.
It's a relentless schedule that would wear down people half her age, but it is essential.
They also found a purple wig — Rhonda's favorite color — for her to wear down the aisle.
Or better yet, wear down your bosses so that they seek to avoid the stories altogether.
But editors aren't blind to the idea that too much Trump coverage can wear down readers.
As I keep trying, I see, horrified, that the screwdriver's starting to wear down the screw head.
Richer Poorer's is especially great, and at $72, you'll surely get the cost-per-wear down quickly.
Depending on your vehicle, the front brakes and rear brakes will wear down at a varying rates.
His message to the players was to "keep steady on the rudder" and wear down the Russians.
Made to be touched and spun, globes wear down over the years, their maps deteriorating into illegibility.
If you play a lot of games, joysticks inevitably wear down and end up looking and feeling disgusting.
If you have three kids and four dogs, you're going to wear down real hardwood floors, Jonathan says.
They start to wear down with multiple transitions, though the team is working on a fix for that.
Cars will wear down faster with more frequent use, and there may be more accidents with multiple drivers.
Most also think it's a bad idea because it will wear down after months and years of use.
While that has produced great results for clients, it could wear down those around him, these people said.
Ultimately, he said the superior numbers of the forces attacking on multiple fronts would wear down the militants.
Some scientists think that depression could wear down synapses in the brain; ketamine stimulates growth of these synapses.
A series where the occupation forces slowly but surely wear down all resistance would be almost unbearably grim.
Maintaining the trucks is expensive; these large volumes of water, forever shifting within their containers, wear down vehicles quickly.
Ikea's chipboard material can wear down easily with excess force, giving the re-installed screw nothing to grip onto.
The Tammany operatives hoped to wear down the opposition by dragging the proceedings on and driving up hotel bills.
Health officials expect that it will eventually wear down the last highly effective antibiotic used in the United States.
DuPont's whole strategy, in fact, was to wear down its opponent, which turns the lawyer's determination into his superpower.
RICE: There does come a point where you sometimes wear down, but then you get back up and you fight.
The half-wooden, half-rubber heel tends to wear down unevenly, adding a bit of a hiccup to your stride.
Taggart's uncle was killed before she was born, and yet, she saw his absence wear down her mother and grandparents.
The Catholic Church has learned that through the civil litigation process, it can wear down the overwhelming majority of victims.
Obviously, mashing your teeth over and over each night can slowly wear down the integrity of your teeth, she says.
And the truth is another person's problems — insecurity and negativity, depression and anxiety — they can really wear down a relationship.
Greek agrees that the cumulative mental stress of a double-bind situation will eventually wear down a recruit's mental resistance.
Do that too often across a long season, without frequent off-days to recover, and the pitcher will wear down.
Even if nothing breaks unexpectedly, some of the parts involved are "consumable" and thus expected to wear down with use.
Tempos vary perceptibly, rhythms decisively, yet although the results are galvanic, they'll wear down anyone who hasn't internalized those rhythms.
Japanese critics of their country's justice system say prosecutors want bail to be denied so they can wear down defendants.
That could be a track suit that you could also, in a pinch, wear down to Starbucks in the morning.
It aimed to shed new light on how partisanship can wear down the most basic human bonds, Mr. Chen said.
Even if that coating does wear down over time, Dixon says using cleaning chemicals will only strip it away faster.
A cluster of models linger outside, waiting to be fitted in the looks they'll wear down the runway this season.
Disinfectants wear down screens' "oleophobic coating," which is designed to keep them fingerprint- and moisture-free, according to Apple's website.
I wrote: A series where the occupation forces slowly but surely wear down all resistance would be almost unbearably grim.
But these bearings wear down over time and must be sealed carefully against vacuum and other things that might damage them.
They're still friends, allegedly, which is why Sabrina gives him his Christmas present: enchanted colored pencils whose tips never wear down.
Some construction workers may never suffer a crippling injury, but their bodies can wear down after years of back-buckling work.
Nadal's high-kicking left-handed forehand can still wear down Federer's one-handed backhand like nothing else on clay or earth.
But anti-Semitic propaganda helped to wear down German society, eventually allowing a flood of violence, mass deportations and, eventually, genocide.
The same likely goes for "Roma," as Netflix appears determined to wear down the movie business, mirroring its approach to television.
They're in a bag in my room, which is kind of funny too because they break over time because they wear down.
Over time, you wear down and things become negative and all of a sudden you become roommates — he becomes like your brother.
Velcro also has the tendency to wear down with extended use, and as of now, One Eleven doesn't sell replacement fabric straps.
As trains wear down their wood tracks, a coaster that was once smooth becomes more and more difficult to handle over time.
We all have that one shade in an eyeshadow palette we never use and the one we wear down to the pan.
And over time, having an open bite like that can wear down the enamel of all sorts of teeth, but especially molars.
In the next phase, the Iraqi military's plan is to wear down the fighters and overwhelm them by moving on all fronts.
As the only physically moving part in most modern tech, buttons are the one element that can truly, permanently wear down or break.
In other words, sleep deprivation could wear down the motivation to lie just as it wears down the motivation to insist on innocence.
But as the springs on this cliche wear down, directors have had to get more and more subversive, creative, and shocking with it.
Players also sweep the surface with brushes, with the game changing as the pebbles melt or wear down and affect the stone's movement.
This contact could wear down those cables over time, and, in a few cases, it resulted in short-circuits that started the fires.
To wear down opposition factions, the Soviets deliberately exacerbated intertribal conflicts, ensuring the province's slide into civil war after their departure, in 20143.
They may wear whatever you've forced them to wear down to the corner, but change it as soon as they're out of sight.
But as different parts of the home started to wear down, the couple saw it as their chance to revamp it for themselves.
In the future, as human bodies wear down with age, an exoskeleton -- powered by active minds -- could help people stay on their feet.
All of that can wear down even those with the thickest skin, and its long-term harms can sneak up on you over time.
Instead of a plug-in charger that'll probably wear down after a while, you can lay you phone down on this charging pad instead.
And even though the Hawkeyes have more depth, it was the Bison who refused to wear down, playing their best in the fourth quarter.
You're at the mercy of what's available at your destination, and your immune system can wear down if you're not taking care of yourself.
The 33-year-old Spaniard is difficult to wear down and he scuttled along the back of the court firing returns from all angles.
Dick Grayson helped wear down some of his edges when he served as Batman to Damian's Robin, during a temporary absence of Bruce Wayne.
These exercises are designed to intimidate Taiwan and wear down its forces which must respond to these drills, according to some Taiwanese defense analysts.
The province could delay Trans Mountain and wear down the will of Kinder Morgan's investors, said University of British Columbia law professor Jocelyn Stacey.
Mr. McAuliffe, a potential Democratic candidate for president in 20193, spent years trying to wear down Republican lawmakers on the issue, with little success.
That kind of negotiation can wear down a founder to the point in which they are worried about what kind of partner you'll be.
There are follow-up hearings to argue the merits of the case and the time it takes between hearings can wear down on migrants.
The average passenger vehicle on the road in America is 28500 years old, and, as with any piece of mechanical equipment, parts wear down.
If dust accumulates on the wire harness or the cover, the insulation on the wires could wear down over time due to vehicle vibrations.
It's used to consistently wear down and dehumanize your identity, while creating plausible deniability that can be used to make you look, well, crazy.
Google Drive is a common place for space-sucking files to build up and wear down your quota, but tidying things up doesn't take long.
The sand of the seafloor can wear down the teeth, and "higher eyes will allow the animal to look forward above its snout," Lamber says.
But on day four, the Wet n Wild color started to wear down at the tips of her nails, while the control polish stood strong.
That can wear down a vehicle's battery, although both GM and Tesla insist their respective batteries hold up under the pressure of daily fast charing.
Indeed, the batteries in the AirPods and AirPods Pro eventually wear down over time to the point that they will last minutes instead of hours.
Daily highway blockades have snarled transportation across the country, as students and farmers erect makeshift barricades to damage the economy and wear down the government.
Now he would face the Yankees, with their seven left-handed batters and their renowned ability to wear down a pitcher with long at-bats.
This season's Bruins and Blues appear well matched — deep teams that can wear down opponents with consistent pressure and flip a game with offensive outbursts.
Two lint-free cloths  Avoid using paper towels as the rough surface might wear down the glass coating and scratch your screen over time. 2.
Given that battery replacements are one of the more common hardware repairs (especially as devices get older and batteries wear down), that's a bit disappointing.
"It's the best part of getting to the big leagues: You get the single-flap, nonspace helmet like they wear down there," he said, smiling.
The church is booked and the date is set, but the biggest question remains: What will royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle wear down the aisle?
It was an obvious strategy—wear down the opponent with sheer early-20s energy—that Timberwolves fans might rightly wonder why it doesn't work more often.
The idea here is that in the interrogation room, feeling tired may wear down people's capacity to fight back against the suggestions of the police officers.
And as we've reported before, even the gentlest toothbrushing can wear down enamel, so be sure to use only use light pressure when cleaning your teeth.
He wore a new uniform for a new coach alongside new teammates in a new city — and then went about helping wear down his old team.
Don't submerge your device in a cleaning liquid, and don't use bleach, aerosol sprays, or abrasives, as they can wear down your phone's oil-resistant coating.
Analysts warn that Peru's political paralysis could soon begin to wear down the country's steady economic growth, which has been fueled by mining and infrastructure investment.
The Bulldogs expected to have a commanding advantage on each line, but they could not wear down South Carolina's defense as they had against previous opponents.
While he does support injecting your own personal style into your wedding style, there are certain things France thinks are absolutely "disrespectful" to wear down the aisle.
If you're using cock rings made out of silicone, avoid silicone-based lubricants (they can wear down silicone toys), and consider using a water-based lubricant instead.
Being repeatedly rejected can wear down on anyone's confidence and can affect job searcher's feelings of self confidence and self worth — something John admitted she experienced firsthand.
Phone batteries will wear down and die, and Apple is doing somewhat of a right thing by trying to mitigate that so that your phone stays useable.
Every time I hopped on the bike my legs felt dead, and 245 miles in would loosen up, only to wear down after another five or so.
Russian-backed forces have kept up air strikes on populated areas to wear down rebel forces that have so far repelled government attempts to seize back terrain.
But once the 15th-seeded Andreescu found the range with her punishing groundstrokes, she was able to wear down the 25th-seed and pile up the winners.
The bottom cover did start to wear down at the four spots of the MBP's rubber feet, but otherwise, the Moscow mule finish has held up entirely unchanged.
The new UI focuses Wear down to just the stuff that people actually want to do with a smartwatch, and leaves the harder stuff out of your way.
And it will probably confuse people for a while — since it's not HBO but also not not HBO — though it will likely wear down most objections in time.
Djokovic delivered his usual blend of brilliant defense and precise shot-making to wear down an error-prone Tsonga in a match that lasted just over two hours.
Remember that silicone lubes can wear down silicone sex toys, so if you're using the latter, stick with water-based lubes, which are compatible with all materials.5.
Insecurity and anxiety can really wear down a relationship And hey, I've been there many times, doing this very thing — taking someone's flaws and blowing them up, huge.
Sports Briefing | Rugby Saracens produced a typically powerful defensive display to wear down Wasps, 24-17, in a brutal all-English European Champions Cup semifinal in Reading, England.
A senior Iraqi official said the airport and Gozhlani base had been heavily damaged by U.S.-led air strikes to wear down IS militants ahead of the offensive.
"Every now and then the thorn sticks you and you'll cry, but you've got to keep hula-hooping and eventually the thorn will wear down some," he said.
But solving has also taught me that there are few obstacles that persistence won't wear down, that slow, careful work can yield the kind of victory worth savoring.
But while "Greater Clements" deploys the grinding gears of melodrama to wear down its doomed characters, "Paris" takes an almost flatline approach to the unhappy existences it portrays.
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May often puts off critical decisions over Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, or Brexit, hoping to wear down opponents through doggedness and determination.
But you should never use an extension cord to plug in a device across the room, because the cord can wear down when snaked around corners and furniture.
Too many people saw something familiar in the story of a man who badgers a woman for sex, again and again, as though hoping to wear down her resistance.
Andrew Rowsey had 93 points, and Markus Howard finished with 29 points to lead the Golden Eagles (36-23), who appeared to wear down late in the second half.
"Even though there aren't these huge incidents on transportation systems, there are daily interactions that can also wear down on a person, much like workplace harassment might," Kaufman says.
Nevertheless, the American delegation sought to wear down the other participants through procedural maneuvers in a series of meetings that stretched on for two days, an unexpectedly long period.
He doesn't understand that Robert Mueller is not a contractor he's in a civil litigation dispute with, someone he can intimidate and wear down and threaten and bleed out.
Click here to view original GIFOver time the tip on the reMarkable tablet's stylus will wear down, but it comes with replacements, including an emergency backup inside the stylus itself.
Edmund did manage to break back having fallen behind in the second set but Monfils always had the extra shot up his sleeve to wear down the 22-year-old.
But they also told Reuters they widely expected Janot to use the strategy of dragging out the charges against Temer in an effort to wear down lawmakers with multiple votes.
After watching a fair amount of BBC's Planet Earth, I'm fairly confident that bulls play great defense and can form a pretty solid line to wear down the other mammals.
Ahead, we've rounded up the five beauty trends that the supermodel wears so well — which are starting to look a lot like a prediction of what she'll wear down the aisle.
It may be the friction of these edges causes them to slowly wear down, showing us that individual genres can survive on their own without being absorbed or annihilated by others.
"We expect gonorrhea will eventually wear down our last highly effective antibiotic, and additional treatment options are urgently needed," Dr. Gail Bolan, director of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention, said.
Walker wobbled at first but ended up keeping the Diamondbacks above water, allowing the Arizona offense to wear down the San Francisco Giants for an 8-6 victory at Chase Field.
It's not yet been publicly revealed if the sailors believed this was a formal interrogation, but constant questioning to wear down a subject is a traditional interrogation technique, the official noted.
You want a bed that can be easily washed, can withstand sharp puppy teeth, and provide comfort and safety for your puppy, but you should expect it to wear down eventually.
Kokkinakis, ranked 175th in the world, used a vicious top-spin forehand to wear down the defending champion and claim an upset victory in front of a stunned near-capacity crowd.
But Tarte's formula does one better: Once you wear down the tip of the pigment, all you have to do is twist the bottom to reveal more — no messy sharpener needed.
He could be capable of even more against a Titans defense that seemed to wear down as the season chugged along, finishing in the middle of the pack in most rankings.
When the sharpness of your pencil starts to wear down, the built-in sharpener on the bottom end of the stick means you can chisel your lipstick into shape anytime, anywhere.
His ceiling is somewhat limited based on a lack of inside moves and conditioning issues that have seen him wear down as games go along, but his floor is very high.
Over time, these stress hormones continue to be pumped out and wear down our body's natural defenses, and we become more prone to diseases, including depression, infections, heart problems and, possibly, cancer.
For extra marks on long-term buyer satisfaction, B&O Play has made the ear pads removable as well, since they're the most common exterior part to wear down and need replacement.
These Xbox Onesies are probably even respectable enough to wear down to your local grocery store to stock up on some Doritos or Mountain Dew for that marathon Call of Duty session.
Matthews continued to wear down the body of Case at the beginning of the third round, and when the American was focused on blocking low, Matthews cracked him with a left hand.
There's what I like to call the Big Four that will easily wear down an owner's black AmEx: yacht crew, dockage, fuel, and maintenance, among a host of other eye-popping costs.
In the end, however, Mr. Netanyahu's almost nightly appeals to Mr. Gantz to join him — during televised addresses about the country's response to the virus — appeared to wear down Mr. Gantz's resolve.
Tennis balls and tug ropes wear down teeth; small rubber toys break, and can choke your dog—or, in one terrible instance, get caught in your dog's anus on their way out.
The Serb has enjoyed their most recent exchange too, having beaten Nadal in five sets in the Wimbledon semi-finals last year, and will look to wear down his biggest rival again.
As with other games in this style, your primary goal is to wear down a meter, but rather than diminishing their health with a series of fireballs, you're slowly ticking down their stamina.
As it turns out, machines vibrate at a certain frequency when they are operating smoothly, but as parts begin to wear down, the vibration sound changes in a way that can be measured.
"We expect gonorrhea will eventually wear down our last highly effective antibiotic, and additional treatment options are urgently needed," Gail Bolan, M.D., director of CDC's Division of STD Prevention, said in the statement.
But while many employers auto-enroll their employees one time — typically when they first join the company — some are now doing so again and again, hoping to wear down those prone to ditching.
Their warriors have transitioned from planting black flags of conquest and ruling millions to waging a shadow war — a Taliban-style, grinding campaign designed to wear down their enemies from across the globe.
Twenty-two percent of the lap is spent pressing the brakes, and the 13 braking areas, combined with the heat, can create thermal dissipation problems and wear down the braking materials through friction.
As they wear down, older electricians often show up at Dunwoody and similar trade schools to earn a certificate that can qualify them to be, among other things, project estimators on electrical projects.
Buyers need to figure out if a watch has been polished over the years — actually considered a bad thing, since polishing can wear down the crisp edges of its case, Mr. Wind said.
"Over the course of the season, if that's a consistent theme for you, no matter how good your 'pen is, eventually that 'pen is going to wear down a little bit," Boone said.
It seems to be this: He is hoping that he can wear down his Republican colleagues and ultimately persuade them to vote for a bill in the name of party unity, substance aside.
Wind turbines are a great source of clean power, but their apparent simplicity — just a big thing that spins — belie complex systems that wear down like any other, and can fail with disastrous consequences.
The reMarkable pen tip does wear down, however, and will need to be replaced from time to time, although the pen does cleverly conceal a spare tip hidden in the top of the pen.
Wiring connected to the hybrid vehicle's power control unit could brush up too closely to the cover and wear down over time, creating an electrical short circuit that heats up, potentially leading to fire.
To Janning, at the European Council on Foreign Relations, the party's hard-liners appear determined to wear down the public's response to its provocations, until their revisionist rhetoric can fly without any significant pushback.
It uses everything at its disposal to wear down reporters or break their wills, either by wooing them with invitations to premieres, access to stars and, in some cases, possible book and movie deals.
The wild dogs — which use stamina and coordination to wear down fleeing prey, unlike lions and leopards that ambush in explosive sprints — will keep herbivore populations healthy by targeting old or weak animals, he said.
Watching an episode of Stranger Things on Netflix does not wear down wires laid in the ground or cause the satellite dish on your roof to degrade—because it's literally all subatomic particles in motion.
But a large part of baseball's appeal comes from developing drama, like duels between pitcher and batter in which the hitter might foul off numerous 90 mile-per-hour sinkers to wear down the pitcher.
Critics of MPP have said forcing asylum-seekers to wait with few resources and access to legal information in dangerous Mexican cities like Matamoros is part of the Trump administration's plan to wear down immigrants.
Those kinds of personal attacks are meant to wear down and break a target — to push a public figure out of public life by bombarding them with a never-ending avalanche of smears and accusations.
And while only time will tell what Markle will actually choose to wear down the aisle when she marries Prince Harry, in 2016, she hinted to Glamour magazine about what her wedding style will probably entail.
There have been efforts by the Access Fund, a nonprofit climbing organization, to maintain the bolts in the rocks so they don't wear down from overuse and pop out dangerously while climbers are on the rocks.
Maryland used superior size and depth to wear down the visitors from just around the Capital Beltway in Fairfax, Va. The Terrapins had a 46-33 rebounding edge and a 36-14 advantage in bench scoring.
Serena, who is returning to the sport after taking more than a year away to have a baby, was ragged at times but used her power to wear down the Dutch 26th seed in Indian Wells, California.
The royal wedding countdown is on, and with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's highly anticipated nuptials less than 20 days away, there's one thing on everyone's mind: What will the bride-to-be wear down the aisle?
Still, being able to even negotiate a frail and likely doomed ceasefire is something, and the more time the parties spend talking, the more they can wear down the taboo of meeting and the taboo of compromising.
"It's all strategically placed so items are not on top of each other, [and] it minimizes the occurrence of friction, hot spots or wear-down on the system," Carl Medeiros, IAE program manager, said in the release.
In this way, Mr. Chau and his C.I.A. collaborators hoped to wear down and destroy what they would later call the Vietcong infrastructure — the network of Communist cadres and agents who lived undercover among the rural population.
"Whether they carry out suicide bombings in our cities, whatever methods they use, they can never wear down this nation and can never pull us back from this honorable fight," Yildirim said after visiting wounded in Istanbul.
The airport and the base, which Islamic State fighters seized when they overran Mosul in 2014, have been heavily damaged by air strikes intended to wear down the militants ahead of the offensive, a senior Iraqi official said.
And while space is a stressful experience that can wear down the body and immune system, Scott Kelly wasn't doing other things known to negatively affect the body that his brother was doing on Earth, like drinking alcohol.
The male contestants on this season of The Bachelorette, and their incredibly lackluster gimmicks, have already started to wear down viewers, who frankly don't need that sort of producer-polished hoopla to stay tuned in week to week.
He needed to fend off three set points in a pivotal opening tiebreak, but Murray always had an extra trick up his sleeve to wear down Isner's resistance and set up a clash with home favorite Richard Gasquet.
These Islanders have made it their habit to wear down opponents with suffocating defense, stellar goaltending and enough opportunistic goals to win 22 regular-season games and four straight against the vaunted Pittsburgh Penguins in the opening playoff round.
For weeks leading up to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding, royal watchers have been trying to predict which tiara the bride would wear down the aisle, considering she typically opts to wear whimsical hats in place of the traditional headpiece.
The tireless Serbs began to wear down the Americans in the second half with their ball movement and with less than a minute to play trailed by three and were in position to pull off the biggest upset of the tournament.
If he isn't, they should keep the first pick, do whatever they can to sign Hayward or Griffin, and stay competitive in the short-term while cultivating a potential powerhouse in the background for once James finally starts to wear down.
Now however to win the White House Mr Trump needs to wear down the resistance of a chunk of the Republican electorate, notably whites with college degrees, who cannot bring themselves to vote for a man being cheered on by racists.
GM said that a flexible steel cable that connects the seat belt to the truck can wear down over time from the driver repeatedly bending the cable while entering the vehicle, which can eventually cause the seat belt to become loose.
We don't really have the language to talk about this yet, about the way that watching a show in a streaming marathon can wear down a lot of defenses you'd put up if you were watching it week to week.
The deal, the latest example of Ms. Pelosi's quiet campaign to wear down opponents, came minutes before Democrats began formally nominating her for the post, and not long before the start of the vote testing the strength of her support.
And when they bring out celebrity guests for a loose interview — the first two being Sarah Jessica Parker and Williams's old boss Jon Stewart — they immediately wear down their guests' guarded exteriors to get to something more casual and real underneath.
Lam has rejected all calls for dialogue, part of what analysts say is a strategy to wear down the opposition movement through police action while prompting demonstrators to take more violent and extreme actions that will turn the Hong Kong public against them.
On an array of issues, the governing party has been able to wear down public resistance — it introduces a divisive bill, weathers protests, retreats temporarily, proposes a new bill, and ultimately enacts a version of the law it wanted, with less outcry.
Unlike turntables with a "belt drive" (a motor powered by replaceable belts that wear down with use and may need to be swapped depending on the type of record you play), a direct drive will rarely, if ever, need service, explains Prestige.
The fear here is that if the 45th president can maintain this manic pace, he may wear down the resistance and Trump-exhaustion will set in, causing the disoriented experience of reality he has created to grow ever stronger and more insidious.
Aldridge, Parker help Spurs wear down Clippers SAN ANTONIO — There are plenty of games in an NBA season like the one San Antonio played, and won, against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, but ugly wins in runaway fashion have aspects on which to improve.
It wants Taiwan to acquire smaller, cheaper and more mobile weapons that could wear down Chinese forces close to Taiwan's shores, in the place of big, lumbering and expensive kit such as warplanes and battleships, which are better suited to projecting firepower onto China's mainland.
The Institute for the Study of War, a think-tank in Washington, DC predicts that the regime and its allies will instead pursue a slow "siege-and-starve" campaign to wear down the city's defenders without getting so many of their own men killed.
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's head of media relations said on Thursday he would quit, a sign that a grueling reform drive and a spate of political scandal and street protests are starting to wear down his inner circle a year and a half into his mandate.
"They will use every trick in the book to prolong a case and wear down the plaintiff and the plaintiff's lawyers, delaying discovery and basically making fights over nothing," said Joel B. Rudin, a lawyer who has fought against the unit numerous times in his career.
He reached the top singles ranking in 2016 in large part by using his superior conditioning and physicality to wear down opponents; on Thursday he seemed especially keen to rely on his trickery and finesse, often carving softer, sharply angled shots rather than engage in bruising exchanges.
A certain percentage of people over the course of having a breast implant will have it rupture or break or wear down—it's almost like wearing the same pants for the rest of your life and the cotton in between your leg rubs and thins out.
It's the button that taught people how to use a smartphone, but it had one key problem: it was one of the iPhone's weak points, a mechanical point of failure that would wear down over time and a point of ingress for water to flood the fragile interior.
She has sacks full of Highgarden gold to pay her debts; she has the Iron Bank to finance further defenses; she could be about to hire the Golden Company to wear down Dany's forces in the countryside; she has Qyburn's ingenious Scorpions to ward off any dragon attacks.
Other linguists also point out that the study rests on untested assumptions, like just how much these small bite changes might influence sounds, the types of errors they could produce, the age at which hunter-gathers' teeth wear down, and the notion that agriculture is a useful proxy for diet.
But even as the Cleveland Cavaliers kept an iron grip on the lead in the fourth quarter, Coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors repeatedly told his players that the Cavs' stars would eventually wear down as long as the Warriors stuck to the game plan and never gave up.
The format isn't ultra-sophisticated or realistic, but it's effective and competent, and it fits the series' goofy '90s vibe — your first series of missions has Sam travel to Egyptian ruins and get lost in a basement, after which you'll fight a giant mummy shooting barrages of missiles while you frantically wear down its defenses.
The whales would excessively bite on the corners of the concrete tanks and peel off the blue paint, causing their teeth to wear down to the point where we, the trainers, had to manually drill a hole in the tooth and then invasively irrigate this hole with a hydrogen peroxide solution, using a metal catheter.
Instead, President Nicolás Maduro appeared to greet his rival, Juan Guaidó, with the same policy of slow strangulation that has drained the opposition of much of its momentum over the past year, cracking down on his movement enough to wear down its members, but without going so far as to spur the world to action.
The forward line could be a disaster-in-waiting, with natural center forwards Bobby Wood and Gyasi Zardes masquerading as wingers and Clint Dempsey, never a target man and at his best while distributing, forced to either hold the center line or wear down his 33-year-old legs by flitting everywhere in a false nine role.
That's a willful hazard, considering his slow feet and penchant to wear down as the game goes on (Jokic's field goal and three-point percentages are consistent through the first three quarters, then plummet in the fourth) but given how unstoppable the Nuggets look on offense when at full strength, getting by with inconsistent defense may be possible.
Former Vice President Joe Biden's path to the nomination is the most obvious: continue to command 30 to 20203 percent of Democratic primary voters' support, wear down the rest of the field with the aid of a healthy fundraising operation, and consolidate support as candidates drop out and voters fixate on how much they want to get Trump out of Washington.
But the mainstay of the sales pitch is convenience with Amazon touting time saved by subscribing to "essentials" — and time saved from compiling boring shopping lists once again means more time to consume the stuff being bought on Amazon… In a statement about retiring physical Dash buttons from global sale on February 28, Amazon also confirmed it will continue to support existing Dash owners — presumably until their buttons wear down to the bare circuit board from repeat use.

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