deteriorate
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That owes largely to the difficulty of preserving and projecting it, as it has a tendency to deteriorate and/or go up in flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It expected the situation "to deteriorate further" and "become unmanageable" as passenger volumes increased towards the summer peak.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
While convenient, these warmer conditions speed up respiration and ripening, causing fruit to soften and deteriorate more rapidly.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
“Market gets pushed to extremes, economic conditions deteriorate rapidly, as a result we get economic contraction,” LaRose said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 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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