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• But Corey says the more police questioned her in the coming days … the more a traumatic situation went from bad to worse.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
• Things went from bad to worse as poor word-of-mouth spread.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
• Things went from bad to worse for the Preppers in the third quarter.
  — Daniel Gibel, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• Things went from bad to worse, and tear gas was fired into the venue.
  — David Kirby, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• Over the course of a few days, the situation went from bad to worse.
  — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• All the while, though, conditions in Afghanistan have gone from bad to worse over the past eight months.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 1 June 2022
• Curly hair can go from bad to worse in a matter of minutes.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2022
• Things went from bad to worse to disastrous in no time flat.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Things went from bad to worse in 2018 when their landlord wanted her house back.
  — The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2022
• Kerr ejected: Things have somehow gone from bad to worse for the Warriors.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022
• Things went from bad to worse as the All-Star big injured his left groin late in the first half of Game 4 and didn't return on his 6-point night.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2021
• Safe to say this situation has just gone from bad to worse.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
• The Mavericks’ week spiraled from bad to worse Wednesday night.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2022
• The situation in New Orleans went from bad to worse as night fell on Sunday.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 29 Aug. 2021
• As Nigeria moved forward with a ban on Twitter, things looked to be going from bad to worse in India.
  — Time, 11 Nov. 2022
• Piercy started out well and reached 20 under thanks to birdies on Nos. 2 and 6 before things went from bad to worse before and after the turn.
  — USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
• Later, Monica and Rachel take the medical duo on a double date that goes from bad to worse.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• Not surprisingly, the Packers’ special teams went from bad to worse in 2021.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
• And things go from bad to worse when an enormous sinkhole opens up right in front of their restaurant just as the summer season is about to begin.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
• In a welcome and uncommon trajectory, the news about the school has gone from bad to worse to excellent.
  — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• Options for maternity care on the reservation, which spans more than a million acres, have gone from bad to worse.
  — Faith Abubey, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2023
• Things went from bad to worse for Auburn with its own fourth-down decision on its next possession after White’s touchdown.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 20 Nov. 2021
• All the while, a humanitarian crisis teeters from bad to worse.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• His team faced a double-digit deficit already, and Kenny Payne knew from experience how quickly that could go from bad to worse.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, the future of the city hangs in the balance, things going from bad to worse—public transportation, mail delivery, garbage removal—thanks to the mayor, six terms and still nothing to show for it.
  — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Things went from bad to worse for Aurora Christian, with the Panthers intercepting four passes in the remainder of the first half and building a 54-0 lead at halftime.
  — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2021
• But since the 2000s, as economic inequality in the nation has gone from bad to worse, the theater world has become more profoundly unequal.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Sitting inside a pale pink tent on a Colombian beach not far from the jungle last year, Willian Gutiérrez, 31, a welder and bricklayer, said the situation at home in Venezuela had gone from bad to worse.
  — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 11 May 2023
• Things could go from bad to worse if Cincinnati falls behind and gets stuck in obvious passing situations.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023
• The state of home goods retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond has gone from bad to worse this year between its plummeting stock price, store closures, mounting debt, and struggles inside the C-suite.
  — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024