degenerate
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The strongest signal appeared in people whose mitral valves had already begun to degenerate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
If too many degenerate gamblers are betting on bitcoin going up, the perpetual price rises above spot.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
His screen persona has often been the sleaziest of weasels, the connoisseur’s moral degenerate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“It was like a full-on summer camp for degenerate punk rockers, if you will,” Dragge says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
Rushing, degenerate mutter of noises I send out before me wherever I creep, like a dragon burning his way through vines and fog.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
“When my dad’s wife died a couple of years back, it was those rave degenerates who were there for me,” she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
One commentor suggested we were all members of the illuminati, or the Freemasons, who gathered with other well-heeled or well-connected degenerates to prove to ourselves that we were above the common herd.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
Over the course of the film, he gradually degenerates into a disgusting creature nicknamed "Brundlefly."
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
“If our search degenerates to that level I’ll be sure to call on you,” I said without looking in his direction.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
By 2024, my hobby was starting to feel like work, and it was only a matter of time before the sport degenerated enough to make it official.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Wingtech representatives responded that the Dutch intervention was "incomprehensible" and meant the row "degenerated needlessly".
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
In contrast, workers are wingless females with smaller body size and degenerated reproductive tracts, usually without a sperm storage organ.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
The storm prompted the first-ever tropical storm watches and warnings issued in California, but officials now say it had degenerated into a post-tropical low by the time it reached the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
“If there was any rivalry between the girls, the game often degenerated into a first-class brawl,” said Melita.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Ophelia was kept in hospital for tests for nine days, after which she began a daily oral medication that "maintains muscle cells from degenerating".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“All of this has been degenerating for a long time,” Melgar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
In many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the neurons start degenerating at a very early stage -- sometimes years before other brain regions begin to falter.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
The air became charged with Rutlandshire Morningtons, and our conversation showed signs of degenerating into a fantastic Burke's Auction Bridge.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna
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