  In this paper we study the stability of two different problems. The first one
is a one-dimensional degenerate wave equation with degenerate damping,
incorporating a drift term and a leading operator in non-divergence form. In
the second problem we consider a system that couples degenerate and
non-degenerate wave equations, connected through transmission, and subject to a
single dissipation law at the boundary of the non-degenerate equation. In both
scenarios, we derive exponential stability results.
