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Glazing...
No, not the sweet doughnut type glazing, but the brake pad and/or rotor surfaces becoming hardened.
Hard surfaces do not provide nearly the friction-friendly surfaces that good braking requires.
This can happen simply with age, and/or the quality of the pads & rotors that were installed.
Sounds like you're going to be planning on a brake job in the near future.
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