The young man watched his financial life ______ downward just when he thought he had overcome the obstacles which had dominated his past.

Setbacks are the things in life that test your ______ to achieve your goals.

The company was reportedly going bankrupt and this would result in ______ of thousands of employees.

She has always lived a life of wealth and doesn't understand that many things she is used to are unimaginable luxuries to people on ______ wages.

The social media giant has announced that it is to roll out new tools to protect its users from ______ or unwanted contact from other people.

Our practices should ______ with the local rules so that we can better adapt to the local community.

Though she lost the title of female world swimming champion last year, she ______ it this year when she gave it all she could.

As a healthy drink that ______ in China and has become popular around the world, tea serves as a cultural ambassador for the nation.

Drivers do not need to apply to renew their license until they receive a reminder before their extension ______.

All these industries have ______ the decline and in some cases reversed it by innovations of their own.

The city has recently devised a series of strategies mapping out a(n) ______ for the city's development.

Research laboratories could ______ environmental conditions surrounding historical sites to help researchers with their cultural heritage protection endeavors.

My phone ______ in my pocket while I was walking around the mall.

This meeting proved to be a very important ______ for the development of the program.

The drought has ______ a direct agricultural economic loss of 952 million dollars in that area.

Many men of letters have ______ Lushan Mountain, a mountain of immense cultural significance, and produced more than 16,000 poems and verses.

This program is designed to blur the ______ between school and work by pairing traditional technical skills training with real-world work experiences.

The ______ waves are awe-inspiring, reaching the height of a 10-story building.

The patterns found on folk art and their symbolic meanings ______ values which have evolved over a long time.