But wheat yields per acre grew worse if anything as soil nutrients were depleted.

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As the pain grew worse, he thought of that, the smell of frying fish.

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As a percentage of invested capital, Enron's earnings grew worse every year.

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After America's invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Iran's election of the fire-breathing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president in 2005, they grew markedly worse.

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From the age of seven, her health grew steadily worse.

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Things grew steadily worse.

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The doctors also found that the experiences of voice hearers as children did not necessarily get worse as they grew older.

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This is not a positive report by any means, but another sign that the economy in the third quarter is worse than the dismal second quarter, when GDP grew at only a 1.6% pace.

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Worse, as the failure of its self-build strategy became clearer, internal conflict grew.

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