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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
peter .
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Examples
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This one-liner vehicle driven by William Shatner and based on a Twitter feed of the same name petered out in one season; the original feed forges on with about 3 million followers.
Must-See TV? Not! 2012
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Steve Forbes tried to do some of that but his candidacy for the Iowa caucuses kind of petered out real quickly so it never went anywhere.
Tyler Kingkade: High Tech Republicans In Your Pocket Tyler Kingkade 2010
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Steve Forbes tried to do some of that but his candidacy for the Iowa caucuses kind of petered out real quickly so it never went anywhere.
Tyler Kingkade: High Tech Republicans In Your Pocket Tyler Kingkade 2010
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It was supposed to be this big plan, it kind of petered out.
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About a dozen years ago, a discussion began about a subject that was important but kind of petered out without a resolution.
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In the past, pre-Web, the process, cascade, or stream kind of petered out at this point, or sooner.
The content cascade: How content will flow in digital news enterprises » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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About a dozen years ago, a discussion began about a subject that was important but kind of petered out without a resolution.
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About a dozen years ago, a discussion began about a subject that was important but kind of petered out without a resolution.
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It was a regular read for me for years and it just kind of petered out about a year ago now.
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Claremont kind of petered out on X-Men, David left Hulk in a huff, the Hobgoblin storyline didn't even get resolved in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man.
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