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doom

[doom] / dum /


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“When people say, ‘my probability of doom is x or y or whatever, it hits in a different way,” said Altman.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

But let’s not be all gloom and doom.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

He's far from alone and is part of a rising cohort of "kidults" - consumers over the age of 12, who are trying to counter the "doom and gloom" of adult life, an expert said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Local fisherman Wyck Crawford, played by a delightfully rascally Stephen Root, serves as Loftis’ human antagonist, warning the mayor of impending doom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

It wasn’t that she was particularly anxious to embark on a journey of near-certain doom, but there was always “just one more thing!” when it came to Indian aunties and uncles.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

His thoughtful and riveting performance ensures that we never stop pulling for Andy, even after he dooms the crew’s most vulnerable but least interesting member.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2024

Bonello leaves the question hanging, but this elegant, jittery drama ultimately proposes a troubling answer: Maybe there is no beast out there — maybe it’s our fear of feeling too deeply that dooms us.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2024

Astrobotic Technology, a Pittsburgh company, launches its lander in January, but a fuel leak prevents a landing and dooms the craft.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2024

It fares no better on the merits, fox-trotting around an insurmountable Supreme Court precedent strictly limiting recusal that dooms the whole endeavor.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2023

Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

And then, in 2007, I worry again that we’re too small, that we’re doomed, so I revisit the idea of a merger.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The film resurrects the story of sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, modern day witches who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love with doomed to an early death.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

As if being ripped nationwide for his travel plans wasn’t painful enough, McVay will also be skewered for a baffling decision on a third-quarter play that could have rescued the Rams but instead doomed them.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

"But, it really confirms that this was, in a way, a doomed approach," he said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

But at last he met Hector face to face and his doom was sealed as surely as a boar is doomed when he faces a lion.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

While the documentary did not land Chow in prison, the filmmaker said he paid a steep price as investors and collaborators deserted him, almost dooming "Deadline".

From Barron's Dec. 22, 2025

Knowing that handing off the mantle to any of these soft-bellied siblings meant dooming his life’s work, Roy let slip one of the most devastating parental assessments ever captured on television.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2025

Frank added it to the bill, dooming it to failure; it would be another 13 years before both classes would win protection.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Even Alito could not actually dissent, because, as he acknowledged, the defense attorney failed to preserve an objection to the strikes, dooming the appeal.

From Slate Feb. 20, 2024

And I would have been dooming Ainsley to the same struggle as Nathan, if not worse.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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