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Britain suffered its worst air systems failure in years in 2023, with more than 700,000 passengers affected after hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

England won only one match, their worst return since the tournament's expansion a quarter of a century ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Fourteen suspected people smugglers have gone on trial in Paris for their role in the worst ever small boats disaster in the English Channel.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Rams suffered the worst Super Bowl hangover in NFL history, and Coen returned to Kentucky before becoming the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“This was the reason we were sent here. Not to be the worst partner team in the history of forever, but because you and I are supposed to fix this.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In fact, five earned runs and three homers remain season worsts for Gray, who has a 2.99 ERA in 16 starts since that April 1 loss.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

Wacha allowed season worsts of six earned runs and three home runs against Baltimore in his previous start.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

At USC, Wilcox’s teams slid to, or very close to, career worsts in points allowed, yardage allowed, completion percentage and turnovers produced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2017

He finished with a .229 batting average and .616 OPS, both career worsts.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2016

It seems like a long list of worsts.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

His father was a Wall Street banker turned Connecticut senator who was straight out of central casting: craggy, 6-foot-4, wearing gray worsted suits even in warm weather.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2018

Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017

It's made at Alfred Brown worsted mills, a century-old family business in Bramley in Leeds.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2016

He bought himself a brand-new single-breasted suit of brown worsted for this occasion, with a matching brown vest and a brown and yellow- flowered silk tie.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Yet, in fact, there had not been a disaster, but only a moderate worsting of the Federal army, resulting in its retirement a trifling distance to the place whence its opponents had just marched out.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume II by John T. (John Torrey) Morse

He flew to the army, took upon him the command, and displayed all the abilities of a great general in out-manœuvring and worsting the generals and armies of Savoy.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

He followed up his success by worsting the Senones, Carnutes, and Menapii, while Labienus defeated the Treviri.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

He fought with two knights who asked the lady Canacê to wife, the terms being that none should have her till he had succeeded in worsting Camballo in combat.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

So far as the special matter in hand was concerned, the worsting of Hillsborough, though a gratification, did not result in the bettering of Franklin and his co-petitioners.

From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse