deteriorate
Example Sentences
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The agency gives the sector a “deteriorating” outlook for 2026, adding it “expects medical cost trends to drive the sector’s weaker operating performance, as utilization has risen due to more costly and frequent provider visits.”
“By pre-positioning emergency crews and activating resources in advance, we can respond faster and more effectively if conditions deteriorate,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times
The daughter of Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy tycoon jailed in Hong Kong, has expressed concerns about her father's deteriorating health in prison, saying that his fingernails "sometimes fall off" and his teeth are rotting.
From BBC
Films from the 1930s have deteriorated beyond recovery because preservationists cannot digitize them during their copyright protection periods, and many works never emerge from obscurity at all.
From Los Angeles Times
For example, the report noted that Edison is behind in replacing or reinforcing aging and deteriorating transmission and distribution poles.
From Los Angeles Times
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