deteriorate
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Sean had lived "an amazing life" for 37 years before the kidney's function started to deteriorate.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Should the situation in the Middle East deteriorate in the next week or so, they could be called off and replaced with a single event in Imola in Italy on the Abu Dhabi weekend.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Together, these problems cause the battery to deteriorate more quickly, making limited lifespan one of the biggest barriers to bringing anode-free batteries into widespread commercial use.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has engaged a top bankruptcy lawyer to advise on potential options should the besieged law firm’s situation continue to deteriorate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
At the same time, people began to move out of the old row houses in East and West Baltimore, as those began to deteriorate as well.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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In such an environment, adjusting policy more gradually can help households, businesses and market participants adapt to higher rates and reduce the risk that economic activity deteriorates more sharply than necessary, she added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
If your health deteriorates, claiming earlier means you will enjoy your benefits now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The condition develops as cartilage, the protective tissue that cushions the ends of bones, gradually deteriorates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
She said she wanted to use her voice to support parents navigating loss because "their capacity just deteriorates", because it is "exhausting and distressing to be reliving things and having to find a fight".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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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"When Jean got ill, it wasn't a place for her to live. Her health deteriorated and she didn't come back home, which is sad."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Truman paid a price in the 1950 midterms, as his opponents made significant gains in Congress and public support for the war deteriorated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Speaking on a Syrian TV channel, a man said he still supported the authorities but that his situation had deteriorated to the point where he could no longer afford to buy bread.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The results suggest that tropical and subtropical regions remained suitable for crocodile relatives after the asteroid struck, even as the environments available to many dinosaurs deteriorated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
After the usual histrionics about the deteriorated state of my beauty, they get right down to business.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Chromosomes carry our genetic information, and telomeres help keep their ends from deteriorating or being mistaken for damaged DNA.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
“I think AI is a modest drag, but it is not a dramatically deteriorating picture,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
They cited a lack of change and deteriorating delivery of basic services.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
In hindsight, her deteriorating vision shouldn’t have come as a shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Marie-Laure LeBlanc is a tall and freckled six-year-old in Paris with rapidly deteriorating eyesight when her father sends her on a children’s tour of the museum where he works.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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