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tiring

  • a word derived from tire.

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Tiring of the losses, in 2021 Softbank sold 80% of the company to several Hyundai affiliates for $1.1 billion.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Tiring of Ishido being outmaneuvered — and in deference to her childhood friend — Ochiba sets aside her grudge against Toranaga to ensure her son’s survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Tiring defences couldn't cope with Mitoma's devastating combination of speed and skill.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

Tiring of city life, she escaped from New York by means of dog sled, which she used in 1961 to ride into the Arctic Circle on assignment for the New Yorker.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2019

Tiring of field and flock, in 1768 he moved to Edinburgh, where he founded a successful business producing sal ammoniac from coal soot, and busied himself with various scientific pursuits.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson