downgrading

Would downgrading it hours before landfall cause people to disregard warnings?

It emits nationalist noises against the United States and Israel, downgrading co-operation with former partners.

The freeze followed the downgrading of France's biggest banks by Moody's for having piled up too much bad debt from Greece.

Even the urgency provided by the first downgrading in our history seems unlikely to dislodge it.

And that is, the president is downgrading our historic alliances while reaching out to our adversaries.

We the people--they refute last week's television commentary downgrading our optimism and our idealism.