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• v  grow worse
  Conditions in the slum worsened
• v  make worse

• Longer growing seasons in a warmer world may further worsen allergies.
• Do you think security will improve or worsen in a year? Improve .
• Still, he suspects that the MMR vaccine might worsen a pre-existing autistic condition.

• decline
• aggravate
• exacerbate
• exasperate

• better

News & Articles

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• Ex-Congressman's lawyer seek lenient sentence
  Lawyers for Jesse Jackson Jr. assert in a court filing that the former Illinois congressman's mental health may worsen if he is given a lengthy prison sentence.
  June 15, 2013 - WPSD Local 6 Paducah
• Jesse Jackson Jr.’s lawyer seek lenient sentence
  Lawyers for Jesse Jackson Jr. assert in a court filing that the former Illinois congressman's mental health may worsen if he is given a lengthy prison sentence.
  June 15, 2013 - FOX News Chicago
• FDA advisory causes doctors to take another look at proton pump inhibitors
  Marian Mandell is not a teetotaler. The 65-year-old retired Newton real estate broker enjoys her coffee and savors a nice glass of wine, too — both no-nos for people who struggle with acid reflux because the beverages are thought to worsen the ailment.        
  June 14, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• John Boehner in FOXNews
  We know that if we do nothing this crisis is likely to worsen and put us in a slump the likes of which most of us have never seen,said House Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, who worked with House and Senate Republican and Democratic...
• Ban Ki-moon in 940 News
  More than two weeks after the event, we are at a critical point,said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "Unless more aid gets into the country - quickly - we face the risk of an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dramatically worsen...
• Barack Obama in Africasia
  Particularly in light of the problems that we're having in Afghanistan, which has continued to worsen. We've got to shore up those efforts,Obama said in the interview, which was taped Friday.