worse

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Recent Examples on the Web And new figures show that rather than improving, the problem has been getting worse. Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023 Law enforcement sources also believe Tran was having unspecified emotional problems that had been getting worse in the weeks before the shooting. Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023 While the future is looking better, right now things are still getting worse. WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023 Essentially those factors compound the climate change factors which are also getting worse. Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for worse 
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  • But all of that would’ve been forgiven if Golden State’s offense didn’t cool down at the worst possible time.
    C.J. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Continue below to see the top 10 best and worst cities for football fans in 2023.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2023
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  • Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.
    Staff Writer Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The story of 2022 (and 2021 to a lesser extent) was energy.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
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  • The complaint alleges that Under Armour makes nearly all of its assortment for its factory stores exclusively for those stores, and that the items are inferior in quality to the goods sold in its regular stores and on its regular site.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For example, girls and parents might notice inequities like girls’ playing fields being inferior to boys’ fields, a lack of money for transportation for girls to play, and ill-fitting uniforms or equipment, explains Issokson-Silver.
    Allison Torres Burtka, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The Sponsor has agreed to pay all normal operating expenses of the Trust out of the Sponsor’s management fee, which is 0.20% per annum of the Trust’s ether holdings.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Keep in mind that these layer transitions are gradual, not abrupt; the transition from normal hydrogen gas to liquid hydrogen and then to metallic hydrogen happens slowly and smoothly.
    Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024

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