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Foot traffic at the pedestrian mall that teemed with locals and tourists during its heydey in the 1990s has been thinning for years, dropping by more than a third since 2019.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

The park has been thinning fuels through mechanical means around hotels, stores and other buildings to provide a defensive space should wildfires break out.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2022

Following that advice, Allen has been thinning junipers on his 3,400-acre Ute Creek Ranch, including a 20-acre patch that lies south of U.S.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2018

He and his sister own well on to one hundred head, though within the last few years he has been thinning off the number by sale.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William