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Venezuela’s oil infrastructure has degraded significantly over the last decade, with rusted pipes, skilled workers moving out, and plants in disrepair.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

But the steep hike in hydrogen prices has degraded the benefit’s value — by more than half, Caluwe noted.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

Over the years, the wood has degraded substantially, and the Art Center estimates that it would cost between $2 million and $2.6 million to restore it.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

Under Musk, X’s key use case has degraded considerably.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2023

"He has become the Pope's man" the whole country was said to have murmured; "he has forfeited the very name of king; from a free man he has degraded himself into a serf."

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard