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ground downExhausted or worn down: why would a competent and effective woman get so ground down?...- The principal sufferers are the suppliers, and most of her book is spent on the way these farmers, food processors and nurserymen are systematically ground down by the supermarket buyers.
- The Knights began the game the better but Sheffield, just like they had done when beating Batley, started to come back into it after 15 minutes or so, with their forwards trying to ground down the opposition.
- He never seemed too ground down by office even when he was in the eye of the political storm.
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