deteriorate
Example Sentences
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And while health care has deteriorated badly in recent years because of shortages of medicines and equipment, it remains free — a system gasping but not abandoned.
From Salon
That infection ate away at the cartilage in his knee, each scan showing it progressively deteriorating, reducing Deulofeu to the feeling of bone on bone.
From BBC
“If a perpetual rollover cycle were occurring, we would expect continuous monthly utilization and deteriorating borrower outcomes,” Metcalf said.
From MarketWatch
Conditions have deteriorated since the country received its last fuel delivery on Jan. 9.
Forest sacked Nuno just three games into the season in September after he declared his relationship with Marinakis had deteriorated, despite finishing seventh and qualifying for Europe last season.
From BBC
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