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In another recent study, Stanford University researchers also found that the problem has been worsening in recent years, and that large portions of the valley have subsided at a record pace since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

Americans’ collective mental health has been worsening for years.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2024

"After optimistic first weeks of the year, the production situation has been worsening again," the unions said in weekly bulletin Skodovacky Odborar.

From Reuters • Jan. 30, 2023

Without her daily walks and conversations with friends and neighbors she sees along the way, and without her medication, her grandmother’s condition has been worsening, she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2022

It has been worsening in the last three years and aid agencies are now warning of a famine.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022