deteriorate
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"Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate as the day progresses, so these hours are being used to battle the flames," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Because the structure is known to deteriorate during aging and neurodegenerative disease, its breakdown could push neurons into a damaging cycle involving greater amyloid production, further structural weakening, and eventual cell death.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
UniCredit’s profitability indicators are also expected to deteriorate, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Recent surveys have highlighted the dire situation facing the UK's seabirds, with the status of many breeding populations continuing to deteriorate.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Nana’s doctors believe her memory will continue to deteriorate.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Scientists at Stanford University have uncovered a major clue to why the brain deteriorates with age.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
She expects the labor market to remain stable, but is prepared to adjust policy downward if it deteriorates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Yet its penchant for letting borrowers pay interest on their loans with noncash IOUs could set the fund up for trouble if the lending environment deteriorates.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
He has also prepared a contingency exit plan if the situation deteriorates further.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
“The aneurysm gradually deteriorates due to the constant pressure of the blood passing through it.”
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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"Production and supply have deteriorated to the point where it is going to be difficult for the mills to stay open," he said, speaking anonymously because he feared retaliation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Since then, conditions in the private-credit market have deteriorated even more, but the junk spread has narrowed rather than widened — to 2.68 percentage points from 2.80.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The tissue samples maintained much of their total collagen content and surface coverage, even after the coherence of their supramolecular chirality had deteriorated substantially.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The lawsuit shows how the relationship between the two companies has rapidly deteriorated since 2024, when they signed a deal to have ChatGPT work with Apple’s Siri chatbot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He knew the work would keep him up most of the night, but it had to be done immediately, before the blood serum deteriorated.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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That means any deteriorating credit backdrop, a pickup in credit losses or higher yields still could ricochet through private credit or other publicly traded funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Hot and humid air can also bring deteriorating air quality and can result in the Air Quality Health Index approaching the high-risk category," Environment and Climate Change Canada said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
He had listened to Nonie talk about her parents’ deteriorating conditions and was a volunteer hospice worker, familiar with dementia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
On the rapidly deteriorating pitch, Mitchell was hit on the helmet, body or hands 13 times, yet dogged it out for an unbeaten 100 from 241 balls.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
He lived alone in this deteriorating, blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments, which like all its counterparts, fell, day by day, into greater entropic ruin.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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