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
"On our side it was the opposite, even after conceding the two goals very close to each other. The danger was that I knew half the team could go downhill because we were physically drained."
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025
Let’s begin by celebrating the man whose year is only going to go downhill from here.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025
Justin Raisen, the 41-year-old L.A.-based producer who worked with Gordon on “The Collective,” noted that “Lots of careers go downhill with age, but there are also lots that go upward.”
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
It was midsummer in the Antarctic: the weather from now on would begin to go downhill.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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