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• v  become worse or disintegrate
  His mind deteriorated
• v  grow worse
  Her condition deteriorated

• In 2004, when I was in Qum, an influential Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Sanae, told me with chilling clarity: Should the situation in Iraq deteriorate to the point that the Shi'a are .
• When Joe's aim begins to deteriorate, so does the partnership, but the two stick together long enough to set out in pursuit of $200,000 worth of stolen gold hidden in a desert .
• Productivity rates would plunge 40% over the world; the deep-sea fishing industry would be deep-sixed; Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel would deteriorate; rare books .

• devolve
• drop
• degenerate

• recuperate

News & Articles

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• The Housing Boomlet’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
  Well, that’s two straight Tuesdays that U.S. stocks have fallen. Has Wall Street finally noticed that the real estate sector – the only big winner in American’s sham “recovery” besides the stock market itself – is starting to deteriorate?
  June 12, 2013 - GoldSeek.com
• Angels lose to Baltimore, 4-3, amid sloppy, soppy conditions
  Things deteriorate in the sixth inning, as Angels give up two runs in downpour. That leads to a two-hour, 14-minute rain delay. Jered Weaver calls conditions 'some of the toughest' he has played in. Things deteriorate in the sixth inning, as Angels give up two runs in downpour. That leads to a two-hour, 14-minute rain delay. Jered Weaver calls conditions 'some of the toughest' he has played in ...
  June 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Video: 6/8: Nelson Mandela hospitalized; Concern over U.S. military components made in China
  Battling a lung infection, former South African President Nelson Mandela was rushed to the hospital in the early morning hours after his condition significantly deteriorated; and the Pentagon is becoming increasingly worried about relying on military components that are made in China.
  June 10, 2013 - CBS News

Quotes

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• President Bush in Chicago Tribune
  Allowing the companies to fail or further deteriorate would damage our home mortgage market, and could weaken other credit markets that are unrelated directly to housing,Bush said.
• Kenneth Chenault in AFP
  Business conditions continue to weaken in the US and so far this month we have seen credit indicators deteriorate beyond our expectations,Chenault said. "While it is too early to assess the impact of these indicators, the antitrust...
• Barack Obama in Newsweek
  But you've seen conditions deteriorate over the last couple of years. The Taliban is bolder than it was. I think ...... in the southern regions of the country, you're seeing them attack in ways that we have not seen previously,Obama said in...