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It was one of the worst financial disasters in American history, leading to the creation of the Federal Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Murielle wants to believe that the worst is now behind.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

To ramp up that part of what humans do just seems like the worst possible thing you could do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

That marked the stock market’s worst performance in a decade of keynote addresses by the Fed chair at the symposium.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

If she rejects me…well, it won’t be the worst thing that’s happened this summer.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Those missing pieces effected Elliott perhaps more than anyone, and he finished with career worsts of 979 yards and eight total touchdowns.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021

Only Robbie Ray of the Arizona Diamondbacks had a higher walk rate among qualified starters. Lynn’s strikeout and home run rates were also career worsts, making his 3.43 ERA seem like a mirage.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2017

His .162 batting average, .237 on-base percentage and .276 slugging percentage were all league-wide worsts among players who batted at least 200 times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2017

Harvey lasted just four innings and gave up seven runs, both career worsts.

From Washington Times ● May 23, 2015

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

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

Dark gray, worsted wool, jackets with rows of brass.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2017

She took photographs and wrote poetry; in 1938, The New York Times published her ode to “a day for dreaming in the sun, for telling worsted tales, for languid ease.”

From New York Times ● May 26, 2016

Nor did she have any special concern for her own dress, which was a plain brown worsted and easy enough to wash if it got dirty.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

He was the first to speak, and, in doing so, he felt he was acknowledging his worsting in the encounter.

From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum

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

The flames, like devils thirsting, Lick the wind, where crackling spars Wage hellish warfare, worsting All the still, astonished stars!

From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann

In the fighting of that day James Douglas, the second son of the fat Earl of Avondale, won the prize, worsting his elder brother William in the final encounter.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

Yates had a proud record to sustain, Harwell a decade of worsting to atone for.

From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour