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doom

[doom] / dum /


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But techno-skeptics have argued that warnings of doom are designed to inflate valuations and hype the technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

In Elephant Butte, population just over 1,400, officials and residents fear the dwindling reservoir spells doom for their way of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Meredith Whittaker has little patience for the AI doom that dominates headlines - she thinks warnings of AI turning on humanity is a fear "not anchored in science".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But rather than being a harbinger of doom, Emanuel says, the shift is more a reflection of how AI-related risks have seeped into other markets, such as emerging-market stocks, bonds and corporate credit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

I keep hearing in my head Mrs. Spitz’s opening chords like the march of doom.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

Assumption: The snubbing of “All We Imagine as Light” in the international feature category dooms its Oscar chances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

Navy, where toasting with water is essentially banned, as it dooms the toaster to a watery grave.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

Yet, with her prescience, she was aware of dooms and sorrows outside her lover's purview.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The reality is United were already doomed under then-boss Tommy Docherty.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Efforts to institute regulations at an international level are often doomed to fail, typically because of geopolitical and economic competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Any proposal that fails to reconcile our climate objectives with social and economic realities will be doomed to fail," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

You there, yes you, the one sitting in seat 11E; you’re no better than the doomed dunces coming to see this production of “Fossil Fools.”

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The gods are doomed and the end is death.

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

Jarmond’s easy-way-out decision is dooming the basketball program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 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

The crash should have flooded just two of the boat's six watertight compartments, but a missing door meant that three were compromised, dooming the vessel.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 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

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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