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But the odds are getting slimmer with every passing week.

Trash options are getting slimmer, and towns are scrambling to find a way to pay rising disposal costs.

It is nice to learn how many tonnes of waste are recycled at UPS, and to read that Proctor & Gamble's Pampers are getting slimmer (so using less material).

If the board had sacked him, it would have to hunt for a new leader, and the pickings are getting slimmer.

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Thus the chances of Liverpool escaping from the ongoing saga with Suárez as a motivated member of their playing squad are getting slimmer by the day; so too is the likelihood of the club ending up ahead of the game, with bargaining time – and quality replacements – fast running out.

FAMILY The pickings are getting slim, but then this is what "Brothers and Sisters" is for, right?

Though it's still possible to find affordable Egyptian collectibles, the pickings are getting slim: Canning labels and trading cards from the 1890s picturing stylized Egyptian scenes go for $5 to $50. Costume jewelry scarab necklaces from the 1920s are $50 to $150.

"I'm getting slimmer, Tommy's getting fatter," he said.

Beth Ditto: No matter how rare plane crashes are, I realised that my odds were getting slimmer with each flight.

"The side profile is getting slimmer," said Howard Shingle, the editor of Hurricane Protection magazine, which tracks the industry.