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• But crime had already been on the decline.
  — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
• For the past two years, heat deaths in the county have been on the decline.
  — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 21 Mar. 2026
• All this is based on the decline of remote work across the country.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• The polls also showed that support for the high court is on the decline.
  — Rylee Wilson, Dallas News, 29 June 2022
• The cost of eggs may be on the decline, but bacon prices are still sizzling.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 June 2025
• The good news for anyone hoping to take a fall road trip is gas prices are on the decline.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2024
• Although their use is on the decline, for many routes, there’s little choice but to fly them.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
• In today’s world, the art of listening seems to be on the decline.
  — Anna Shields, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• The news comes at a time when EV demand is on the decline across the car world.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
• Mercury pollution has been on the decline for years.
  — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
• By the end of the decade, rock 'n' roll had overtaken the pop charts and singing quartets were on the decline.
  — Andrew Selsky, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
• San Diego County’s poverty rate has been on the decline.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
• The application comes at a time when the firm’s main business – car sales – is on the decline.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
• Grass cover of grama and tobosa, cow favorites, is on the decline.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
• The use of the death penalty in the United States has been on the decline for a decade.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• As this year’s harvest approaches, the river is again on the decline.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• Shootings in Oakland had been on the decline lately.
  — John Ramos, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
• Shares in Nike have been on the decline, falling almost 30% since the start of the year.
  — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
• New data shows that suicidal ideation and behaviors among teens is on the decline.
  — De Elizabeth, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025
• While the year is still young, shootings are on the decline in Baltimore City.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• Schenn’s defense is also on the decline and was completely exposed last spring.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• As is always the case whenever such a spur occurs, the two musical stars are now on the decline.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Far from being on the decline, our ability to contribute can still be going strong.
  — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
• The number of deaths aboard aircraft in the United States is also on the decline.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
• The teaser is wise to bury the lede of the new film’s premise, which is focused in part on the decline of traditional media.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
• Visitor traffic to Las Vegas has been on the decline this year.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
• That’s not guaranteed, as the same cut is already on the decline on the Pop Airplay list.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Meanwhile, consumer savings, which peaked in 2021, are on the decline.
  — Time, 30 Sep. 2023
• When sentiment is on the decline, consumers tend to pull back on spending – and that can lead to a slowdown in the economy.
  — Joanne Hsu, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
• Read full article Across the Gulf of Maine, wild blue mussels are on the move, and on the decline.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023