go downhill
Example Sentences
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Economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation is anaemic and there could still be an opportunity for Pheu Thai in future "if the economy continues to go downhill", Chambers said.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Let’s begin by celebrating the man whose year is only going to go downhill from here.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025
‘We expect things to go downhill Wednesday night and through Thursday,” he said.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The situation, she said, “broadened my whole perspective on how hard it is if you don’t have a home base, and how quickly it affects your mental health, how you can go downhill very quickly.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
“Oh, it will be great around here for the first few weeks. I’ll be very polite and sweet. After that, everything will go downhill and you will send me away.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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