1. Even though the intensity of clashes has largely petered out in Damascus, some pockets of armed rebels have yet to be totally cleaned.
2. Some of the largest US retailers reported disappointing June sales tallies last week, and consumer confidence has faded as the stock market rally has petered out.
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3. Only when the long ban on dissection petered out in the Renaissance did the ventricles prove to be empty space.
4. While the revolt petered out, talk of a challenge may grow if polls do not improve for Labour.
5. The situation mirrors other times in recent years when mass shootings prompted gun control debates that eventually petered out.
6. Potshots at Marines by marauding street gangs have petered out in the weeks following Aristide's overthrow.
7. A campaign that promised so much petered out with three painful cup defeats in the space of only two weeks.