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go from bad to worse



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Firefighters do everything they can, but strong winds are working against them to make the destruction go from bad to worse.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

For other people, needless to say, things go from bad to worse.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

So when the Panthers traded the 2019 All-Pro running back to the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night, the only logical expectation was the Panthers would go from bad to worse, right?

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022

Europe’s economic outlook continues to go from bad to worse.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Now, Turner had heard his father say more than once that there are times when things spin away, when they go from bad to worse, then worse again.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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