In fact, it seemed to be getting worse, and his production has been poor.

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The worse his teammates played, it seemed, the better Lundqvist was.

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She accepted the name-calling as part of her life and seemed to understand that crying or fighting back only made it worse.

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He was almost physically incapable, it seemed, of telling voters that things were bad and would get worse if they did not make sacrifices.

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Have there been cycles of times when the health care system seemed to be improving a little bit, and then it would get worse again?

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But as bad as things may have seemed for you and your family, I assure you, it could have been a lot worse.

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