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By diversifying its exposure across many autocallables and a range of maturity dates, an ETF can mitigate most of the risks of shrinking income or shriveling principal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But the oversized airport was a bleak metaphor for a city that was once more bustling and then got let down—first by the shriveling of the steel business, then by USAir itself.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

If butterflies lay eggs as plants are shriveling, caterpillars might enter the world with nothing to eat.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Depression and other mental health problems can act like weed killer, shriveling these connections and making it harder to function cognitively.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2023

How Mercy must be shriveling at the fulsome words.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare