go downhill
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"For me it is really stressful and if something happens to me or I go downhill, what do we do?"
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation is anaemic and there could still be an opportunity for Pheu Thai in future "if the economy continues to go downhill", Chambers said.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Let’s begin by celebrating the man whose year is only going to go downhill from here.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025
Justin Raisen, the 41-year-old L.A.-based producer who worked with Gordon on “The Collective,” noted that “Lots of careers go downhill with age, but there are also lots that go upward.”
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
It was midsummer in the Antarctic: the weather from now on would begin to go downhill.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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