Many competitors fiddle constantly to build up dexterity and wear down stock cubes so they turn faster.
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In the most common form of arthritis, affecting 20 million people, the joints wear down with age.
And as you grind to gear up, you inevitably wear down your existing weapons and spells in the process.
Yet they serve as a reminder that through hard work and perseverance, you can wear down even the hardest of stones.
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Michael Carter-Williams did an excellent job handling the pressure, but at the end we tried to wear him down, wear him down.
In other words, an overload of "noise" can wear down our memory.
Over time they wear down - and when they do, the DNA they protect is compromised and the cell can malfunction or die.
But Margarito, four inches taller than his opponent, continued to stalk Cotto and eventually began to wear down the smaller man by trapping him against the ropes.
Earlier this year, Argentina was able to wear down a collection of private bondholders to the point where nearly all would settle for half on the dollar.
After an exhausting match in regulation, the 30-minutes of extra time is usually a slog: As teams wear down, they sag back on defense, making it harder to score.
Munster began to wear down the Glasgow defence and a brilliant surge by Rua Tipoki set up the equalising touchdown for centre partner Lifeimi Mafi 10 minutes from time.
Asked why there had been no appreciable rise in the mortality rate in July, despite that month's equally scorching temperatures, he suggested that the extreme weather had taken time wear down its victims.
But our defenses started to wear down, and if you had a job that was taking you eight to 10 hours a day, that job now, with the complexity, was taking 14 hours a day.
Yes, we're aware CCFL displays eventually wear down and lose their brightness, but either there really is a huge difference in CCFL and LED, or the 8-month old MBP we tested against in the photos had really worn down.
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Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said soldiers were trying to blast holes in the walls of the fortress-like compound of the mosque and an adjoining seminary for girls, seeking to wear down the defenders' resolve and force a surrender without a battle.
It was a similar story in the second set as the power of Williams began to wear down her opponent and a break of serve in the opening game of the second set saw her firmly on the way to the last 32.
"I wouldn't want to see a pilot turning up to fly a plane in shorts and flip-flops, and patients don't want to see a doctor dressed in the kind of thing he or she might wear down to the pub, " says Professor Colin Brown, a retired renal consultant from Sheffield.
The experienced Orange are perfectly content to wear teams down with their octopus-like zone defense.
By waiting for the bruisers to wear themselves down, Duffy could step into the middle of an altercation and avoid getting hit.
He installed his device into a Ford Crown Victoria, the model abused by so many cops and cabbies, and slammed the door 100, 000 times to see if vibrations would wear it down.
We have had a few years of substantial ups and downs that wear us all down.
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"Those with wear will continue wearing down their teeth and ... if you keep grinding at this rate, you won't have any teeth, " she said.
If we would only eat less, drive less, turn our thermostats down, wear our clothing a few more days before cleaning it, or live in less space we could create a world of abundance and solve the problem of scarcity once and for all.
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Designers seriously thought about whether or not shoppers could actually wear the items that went down the runway.
Men who choose a button-down shirt to wear with a suit and tie should consider a dressy fabric.
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"Men often wear scuffed or worn-down shoes that subvert the effort they spent on the rest of their appearance, " he writes.
The strong had to wear compensating weights to slow them down.
It is also a sign of our nation's tolerance that in most cases no matter what your age, sex, ethnicity or social background you can be as you wish, wear what you like and walk down any high street without feeling alienated.
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