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Recent Examples of worse
And new figures show that rather than improving, the problem has been getting worse.
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Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Law enforcement sources also believe Tran was having unspecified emotional problems that had been getting worse in the weeks before the shooting.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
While the future is looking better, right now things are still getting worse.
—WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
Essentially those factors compound the climate change factors which are also getting worse.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023
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Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
Law enforcement sources also believe Tran was having unspecified emotional problems that had been getting worse in the weeks before the shooting.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
While the future is looking better, right now things are still getting worse.
—WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
Essentially those factors compound the climate change factors which are also getting worse.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worse
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But all of that would’ve been forgiven if Golden State’s offense didn’t cool down at the worst possible time.—
C.J. Holmes,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Feb. 2023
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Continue below to see the top 10 best and worst cities for football fans in 2023.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2023
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Even lesser-scale incidents like the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and the Volkswagen emissions scandal erode trust in the institutions that help make our society possible and push it forward.—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.—
Staff Writer
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2023
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Allison cites a decline in overt sexism aimed at women’s sports, a fading narrative that women are inferior athletes, and less sexist media coverage of women’s sports.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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In these markets, PMs offer an inferior product for core sports bettors, with a fraction of the markets, worse speed/latency and no bonusing/promotional reinvestment to keep bettors active.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Israel then tightened a land-sea-air blockade of the territory, which made normal governance impossible and turned every budget line into a permit request.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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The cells measure nine square meters (nearly 97 square foot), no bigger than normal cells, although residents in this special wing aren’t required to share a cell, typically out of concern for their safety.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Worse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worse. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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