Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 27 softening 26 plunging 25 weakening 25 dipped 25 tumbled 25 slowdown 25 weak 24 slowing 23 tightened 23 sagging 23 dented 22 slashed 22 boosting 22 spurring 22 dampened 22 squeezed 22 slows 22 hurting 21 weaker 21 surging 21 pummeled 21 slowed 21 sharply 21 straining 21 hurt 21 plunged 21 slumping 21 fueling 21 ramped 20 crippled 20 buoyed 20 cut 20 squeezing 20 underpinned 20 weakened 20 sluggish 20 loosen 19 shrinking 19 spiked 19 boosted 19 curtailed 19 plummeted 19 rose 18 eroding 18 plummeting 18 waning 18 shrank 18 weakens 18 slumped 18 battered 18 disrupted 17 hobbled 17 declining 17 tighter 17 amid 17 trimmed 16 bolstered 16 undercut 16 hampered 16 soared 16 hampering 16 softened 16 cripple 16 eroded 16 impacted 16 lagged 16 worsening 16 faltering 16 spurred 16 soaring 15 outpaced 15 credit crunch 15 lagging 15 intensified 15 flagging 14 constrained 14 eased 14 hindered 14 exacerbated 14 housing slump 13 squeeze 13 dried 13 fueled 13 curtail 13 worsened 12 tempered 12 dampen 12 stoked 12 offset 12 crippling 12 emboldened 11 unaffected 11 deepened 10 shrunk 10 depressed 9 erode 9 undermined 8 hamper 8 soured 8 stymied 5 beset