NYT sounds pretty silly, don’t they? Just like these gems we came up with:

• The heavyweight is showing signs of weakness. His punches keep getting stronger.

• The grizzly is showing signs of weakness. So it eats more campers.

• The tsunami is showing signs of weakness. So it floods farther inland.

• The locomotive is showing signs of weakness. It’s pulling even more cars uphill.

• The quarterback is showing signs of weakness. He threw four touchdown passes.

Please feel free to suggest your own!