| reduce deficit | 20.80 | Reducing the deficit is vital, analysts said. | ||
| cut deficit | 14.02 | Should we cut the deficit more? | ||
| run deficit | 7.24 | My knowledge economy is running a deficit. | ||
| eliminate deficit | 4.15 | Indeed, the deficit could be eliminated quicker if the budget deal collapsed. | ||
| finance deficit | 3.69 | Giuily had proposed financing the deficit with debt. | ||
| cover deficit | 2.76 | This deficit will be covered by grants and loans. | ||
| erase deficit | 2.76 | Seattle erased that deficit in the ninth. | ||
| increase deficit | 2.11 | It means increasing our deficit. | ||
| have deficit | 1.91 | We have a deficit now. | ||
| overcome deficit | 1.91 | The Astros overcame the deficit in the fifth. | ||
| trade deficit | 1.84 | -- The goods and services trade deficit. | ||
| widen deficit | 1.84 | Midyear projections could be lower, widening the deficit. | ||
| bring deficit | 1.78 | Republicans asserted they were responsible for bringing the deficit down. | ||
| trim deficit | 1.71 | He promised in his campaign to trim the deficit. | ||
| keep deficit | 1.65 | And that helps keep the deficit from growing. | ||
| close deficit | 1.58 | India offers amnesty on taxes to close deficit, encourage investment. | ||
| curb deficit | 1.45 | Madelin reiterated his pledge for reforms to curb deficits. | ||
| narrow deficit | 1.38 | The deficit was narrowed. | ||
| face deficit | 1.32 | And Troy still faces a deficit. | ||
| shrink deficit | 1.32 | But what about shrinking the deficit? |