shrunk
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But that gap had shrunk to a solitary point by the time the drivers lined up for the last of 17 stages, bringing back painful memories of previous narrow misses for Evans.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The number of Part D plans has shrunk by 60% over the past five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
As temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by nearly half a million square kilometres per decade since 1979, equivalent to losing an area the size of Spain every 10 years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, this headroom is expected to have shrunk.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
So I described how Bruno Jenkins had come in and how I had actually seen him with my own eyes being shrunk into a mouse.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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