deteriorate
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While convenient, these warmer conditions speed up respiration and ripening, causing fruit to soften and deteriorate more rapidly.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Caleb Soto, attorney for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who represents many detainees, said he has watched people deteriorate week by week when he visits them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
As for when the consumer will finally tire out, many economists expect to see conditions deteriorate later in the second quarter of this year.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
They drift when public safety, fiscal stability and economic vitality deteriorate together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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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