dismal
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Dismal: What’s an ‘E-shaped’ economy — and where do you fit in it?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Appeared in the November 15, 2025, print edition as 'Buy-the-Dip Investors Rescue Market From a Dismal Week'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Dismal England were knocked out of the Women's World Cup after a thumping 125-run defeat by South Africa in the semi-final.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Dismal manufacturing data from China hit the U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies JD.com and Baidu .
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023
“Somewhere between North Carolina and the Great Dismal Swamp, I hope,” Liam said, his hand still on my back, now rubbing circles there.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Vocabulary lists containing dismal
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