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• Nor did a historic storm on the West Coast help matters.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
• Its hard to say, but the end of the Ukraine-Russia war would certainly help matters.
  — Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 May 2022
• Losing Dak Prescott for five games to a right thumb fracture did not help matters.
  — Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2022
• Going 15-of-25 from the line didn't help matters for Toronto.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
• And of course, the injury to their superstar early in that game didn’t help matters.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
• The lack of explosive plays by the Dolphins — who haven’t had a 50-yard pass or 25-yard run in their first nine games — won’t help matters.
  — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• The return of star linebacker KD Davis will also help matters.
  — Brett Vito, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
• Faybian Marks, injured and lost for the season late in 2021, being ready for camp would help matters.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022
• The playoffs are starting to take focus now and a late-season loss is not going to help matters.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2022
• The Reds’ defense, which had some exceptional moments in the first two games of the series, didn’t help matters.
  — The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2022
• But the program’s difficult Big 12 schedule won’t help matters and just might slow progress.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Of course, losing center Tyler Biadasz to a high-ankle sprain didn’t help matters.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
• But the Browns lost Denzel Ward to an aggravation of his shoulder injury in the first quarter, and that didn’t help matters.
  — cleveland, 8 Jan. 2023
• The album’s arrival amid the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t help matters.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2023
• Styling and Skin Conditions The fact that greasy hair is often put up in a tight ponytail—and sometimes swept up in a bun for sleeping—doesn’t help matters.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
• Starbucks’ strong presence in China also did not help matters due to the strict lockdown that caused business to slow down.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• Foot injuries to James Washington did not help matters.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Draw your own conclusions, but retirement planning often takes help, and the source of that help matters.
  — Steve Parrish, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• Once-grand department stores and mall retailers have struggled over the last decade, and the pandemic didn’t help matters.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• Opener Soul Asylum didn’t help matters, with an hourlong set that felt more like background music than a rock show.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2023
• The loss of the longtime stalwarts like downtown’s Blue Whale, which closed during the pandemic, certainly don’t help matters.
  — Brynn Shiovitz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• The lukewarm reception to the album’s advance title track didn’t help matters.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
• To help matters, the actor went home to the Pacific Northwest, put her phone down, and visited family.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2022
• Of course, the fact there's some seriously twisted stuff going on behind the picket fences and perfect lawns doesn't help matters.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
• One of the top available offensive tackles on the transfer market, such as Tulsa’s Dillon Wade, would help matters up front.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Japanese government does not help matters by putting its thumb on the scales in favor of older and bigger companies.
  — Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2024
• The trailer, with its noirish overtones, doesn’t help matters, nor does the fact that the director, Joshua Rofé, made a previous docuseries about Lorena Bobbitt.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2021
• Holding it for a year probably wouldn’t help matters much, and with the $120-million picture ready to go, December is probably as good of a time as any to put it out into the world.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• The touchscreen retrofit to the infotainment system didn't much help matters there, either.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 12 Dec. 2020
• Of course, continuing to win will help matters, but moving forward, bringing a name opponent to town would also help the cause.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024