Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 38 stave off 35 slash 35 ballooning 34 avert 33 absorb 32 pare 32 ballooned 32 overcome 31 overwhelm 31 reduce 31 without sacrificing 31 alike 31 shrink 31 trim 31 avoid 31 Facing 30 swelled 30 gaping 30 counteract 30 bloated 30 whittling 30 avoiding 30 mostly 29 whittle 29 reducing 29 rein 29 succumb 29 eliminate 29 shrinking 29 manageable 28 paring 28 rising 28 Faced 28 make 28 deficit 28 slashing 28 halve 28 balancing 28 faced 28 neutralize 28 reining 28 ease 28 among 28 overcoming 28 minimize 28 offset 28 lowering 28 despite 28 create 27 cut 27 increasingly 27 overcame 27 ignite 27 spending 27 mainly 27 overly 27 rouse 27 appease 27 staving off 27 absorbing 27 Surrounded 27 austerity 27 lessen 27 countering 27 decimate 27 halving 27 cutting 27 erode 27 stoke 27 reined 27 whittled 27 yawning 27 absorbed 27 trimming 27 pocketbooks 27 forestall 27 alienate 26 contain 26 assuage 26 stanch 26 dwindling 26 thinned 26 projected 26 trimmed 26 deplete 26 shrunk 26 squeezing 26 Fueled 26 evaporate 26 pared 26 alleviate 26 deflate 26 erase 26 cope 26 Spurred 26 dwindle 26 squeezed 26 majority 26 swallow 26 drastically reduced 26 too