all the worse
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By global forces that transformed the economy and created staggering levels of inequality that are made all the worse by the high cost of housing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
That made the shock at checkout all the worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
The slow winter months are cruel to the restaurant industry’s bottom line, made all the worse this go around with an indoor-dining ban.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2021
And if Mom and Dad are currently jockeying for your favor and sympathy, that might be all the worse once formal custody and child support arrangements are being negotiated.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2019
I cooed to hold her steady, but she shifted, making my leg swing against her and hop all the worse, sending the idea I wanted her to get going and howdy.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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