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Investor enthusiasm for the industry also appears to have waned.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Speaking of COVID, that pandemic may have waned lately, but tens of thousands of infections still occur weekly, as well as several hundred deaths.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

The club's hopes of retaining Alexander-Arnold have waned in recent weeks, with the right-back in talks with Real Madrid over a free transfer in the summer.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

That trend appeared to have waned in the new year, with Chavez reporting 669 arrests the weekend that ended Jan. 5 and 699 arrests the weekend that ended Jan. 12.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

As soon as James II. came to the throne, the interest of English Churchmen in the Brethren appears to have waned, and neither William III. nor Queen Anne took any steps on their behalf.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund