A multi-year drought (干旱) in south-east Brazil is becoming worse.

As they went down, the weather got worse.

But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.

But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting \reply all\ to join in a long and unpleasant conversation.

But pedestrians are probably the worse offenders.

Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought (干旱) and drive a decline of up to a third in the number of species.

Even worse, the amount of fast food that people eat goes up.

If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse.

It will get worse with human interference.

Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children entering kindergarten.

No, they will tell you the same thing, in a worse way.

Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see chances, not disaster.

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse.

To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed with a serious disease.

Traffic is getting worse every day and parking is more expensive.

We've all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smartphones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.

While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse.

The US economic situation is going from bad to worse.

The good news today is that the bad news is not worse

It has not gone from bad to worse.

But some of their fixes have made the problem worse.

At less-selective state schools, the numbers get worse.

However, Zaire, with its 90% mortality rate, was even worse.

But students who surfed the web during class did worse on their exams regardless of their ACT scores, suggesting that even the academically smartest students are harmed when they're distracted in class.

Even worse, after refreshing our email or reading the same studies over and over, we are too exhausted when we land to soldier on with (继续处理) the emails that have inevitably still piled up.

For better or worse, batteries make possible our mobile-first lifestyles, our screen culture, our increasingly globalized world.

Infants, on the other hand, didn't appear to have worse sleep whether they slept in the same or different room from their mothers.

Perhaps worse, the detrimental effects of an unhealthy diet and insufficient exercise are not limited to your body.

The reality is, taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious.

The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound.

To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students — young adults who face specific challenges and obstacles.

Bob Liodice, the chief executive of the Association of National Advertisers, says consumers will be worse off if the industry cannot collect information about their preferences.

He's feeling positive, but he'll carry on blogging-not about eating as cheaply as you can—\there are so many people in a much worse state, with barely any money to spend on food\—but eating well on a budget.

If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.

No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.

The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse.

Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared.

Worse, the numbers are now falling at an accelerating rate.