grow smaller

"There is a clear message from the results. Income inequality will grow smaller. And it will get a whole lot hotter a whole lot faster in the future for rich people," said Darrel Jenerette, UCR botany professor and co-author of the study.

It was never that large a crowd in the first instance—and watching a small crowd grow smaller isn’t news.

While this may not be the last stretch of near 80-degree days, he said, the odds for it grow smaller with each passing day.

Nathan slowly lifted his head and saw Nali’s mobile home grow smaller and smaller, then blend into the dark landscape.

Each time that happens, the surviving green patches grow smaller.