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worsening

wur suh ning

  • n  process of changing to an inferior state
  • n  changing something with the result that it becomes worse
  • v  grow worse
  • v  make worse
  • a  changing for the worse
    worried by the worsening storm

  • In 1990, four patients developed worsening liver problems after being prescribed shosaikoto.
  • He has faced other political challenges: the AIDS crisis, SARS, China's worsening environmental problems.
  • Not worsening car sales would indicate an end to recession.
News & Articles

  • Obama, Putin Can't Agree on Syria at G-8; Last MA SEN Debate Tonight; Daley Steps Up IL GOV Campaign
    Wake-Up Call! is Hotline's daily morning briefing on campaigns and elections. Click here to subscribe.WHAT'S NEWSPres. Obama and his Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin "failed to resolve on Monday their significant differences over how to bring about an end to Syria's civil war, as each leader steps up military support for opposite sides in the worsening conflict" (Washington Post). ...
    June 18, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
  • Pakistan says Kerry visit delayed because of Syria
    US Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening crisis in Syria, Pakistani officials said on Tuesday.
    June 18, 2013 - Fox News
  • Canada to provide $98.4 million in aid to Jordan
    AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in Syria, its foreign affairs minister said in a statement Monday.
    June 17, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Mike Zafirovski in The Age
    We have seen worsening economic conditions, together with extreme volatility in the financial, foreign exchange and credit markets globally,Nortel president and chief executive Mike Zafirovski said in a statement.
  • Ben Bernanke in MarketWatch
    With the worsening of the economy's growth prospects, continued credit losses and asset markdowns may maintain for a time the pressure on the capital and balance-sheet capacities of financial institutions,Bernanke said in a speech to the...
  • President Bush in International Herald Tribune
    I continue to believe that it is a strategic error for us to maintain a long-term occupation in Iraq at a time when conditions in Afghanistan are worsening, al-Qaida is continuing to establish bases in areas of north-west Pakistan, resources there... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA guardian.co.uk http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/03/barackobama.uselections20081&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEQbBPixnitwlCqI4Uj-aVI3Y61NA Jul 3, 2008 111221 145965 worship Americans are outraged by the situation in Burma, where a military junta has imposed a 19-year reign of fear," Bush said. "Basic freedoms of speech, assembly and worship are severely restricted. Ethnic minorities are persecuted. Forced child...

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