it's all downhill
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"You get a lot of people that like to write you off as soon as you reach 40, it's all downhill from there, is what you hear," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
“You get a lot of people that like to write you off as soon as you reach 40, it’s all downhill from there,” said her 40-year-old U.S. teammate, Kaillie Humphries Armbruster, who took bronze.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
"EM rate cuts are on their way, ahead of the Fed," said Lord in the bank's emerging markets mid-year outlook note titled "it's all downhill from here" and distributed on Monday.
From Reuters • Jun. 12, 2023
But, uh, if you don't do the work, it's all downhill after that.
From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022
Doesn't it seem twice as far coming back as going, although it's all downhill?
From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela
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