deteriorate

Example Sentences

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The deteriorating relationship has hit people in both countries, with the land border largely shut for months.

From Barron's

Firas Zreeg, 37, told AFP while weaving through a crowded supermarket that the economy was deteriorating, blaming currency speculators for the fall in the dinar, "which has negative repercussions on our daily lives".

From Barron's

Stored blood used for transfusions begins to deteriorate after several weeks and must be discarded after six weeks under U.S.

From Science Daily

Following the news of his death late on Thursday, his Grey's Anatomy co-star Patrick Dempsey said Dane's "quality of life was deteriorating so rapidly".

From BBC

Rep. Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat who has visited the site at least a half dozen times, said the conditions at East Montana are rapidly “deteriorating.”

From Salon