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DeChambeau was a shadow of the player who stormed to victory at Pinehurst last June as his title defence faded with a whimper.

But the disappointment that rendered Herbert motionless on the sideline in Houston had faded in his memory, he said.

At the same time, connections to supportive systems — the “village” of friends and family that helps raise children — have faded or become untenable.

From our hotel, a fire could be seen raging in the distance, as a fiery orange moon, nearly full, slowly faded as if unwilling to compete.

The itch for a presidential system within the Congress never quite faded.