bleak
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Consumer sentiment surveys paint a bleak picture right now, but consumers are spending briskly.
From Barron's β Oct. 2, 2026
Step back, and the strategic picture is bleak for the people who planned this misfire.
From Salon β Oct. 1, 2026
The outlook for French finances looks increasingly bleak.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 1, 2026
Feminist dystopian fiction offers another counterpoint: bleak speculative narratives can make systemic problems—including misogyny, violence against women, gender inequality and threats to reproductive rights—more visible.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 22, 2026
As a book it's utterly brill but a bit bleak.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
We once caught in an hour 6000 fishes like bleaks.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels β Volume 08 by Robert Kerr
For young Americans, though, the job landscape was much bleaker.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 13, 2026
Trust me when I say it was even bleaker than that sounds.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 26, 2026
Last month, the multilateral lender's World Economic Outlook predicted global growth would drop to 3.1 percent in 2026 in its "reference" scenario, but warned of a bleaker outlook if the war were to drag on.
From Barron's β May 14, 2026
While many see that as a major win, it doesn’t represent the bigger, bleaker picture for salmon in the state.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 30, 2025
“The situation is undoubtedly bleaker now,” they wrote.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The final twist is one of the bleakest endings in postwar fiction, precisely because it exposes survival itself as a kind of illusion.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 22, 2026
A dark comedy is only as successful as its bleakest jokes.
From Salon β Apr. 9, 2026
When I graduated from UC–Berkeley with my “useless” comparative literature degree, into one of the bleakest job markets in recent American memory, I thought to myself, There must be a loophole somewhere.
From Slate β Mar. 20, 2026
Just when the divisions seemed bleakest, I ran into Jim Kusters, a retiree and Trump supporter who was sitting for breakfast in Mt.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 20, 2024
But as any MacGyver episode will show you, when things look bleakest, that’s about the time you turn a corner.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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