This has only worsened in recent years.

The trouble has been worsened in recent years by excessive weight.

His lips and hands tremble, a possible sign of Parkinson's disease, but his condition has not noticeably worsened in recent years.

But more than two-thirds said their overall opinion of the United States had worsened in recent years.

And it has worsened in recent years even as an economic boom and welfare reforms have brought gains to black women and many other groups.

Weighted against the country's nascent middle class are 800 million peasants, whose lot in life has worsened in recent years.

The congestion at O'Hare has worsened dramatically in recent years.

What we can be sure of is the fact that the state of these stocks has worsened in recent years.

It appears that the operational conditions for the hydro-plants have worsened in recent years.

Water tables are falling on every continent, and experts warn that the situation is expected to worsen significantly in years to come.