dour

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Dour job growth predictions for last month also drew on reports of widespread layoffs and hiring freezes in tech, which appear to have had little impact on overall job growth.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

Kraemer typically hires Teamsters but currently has no delivery contract, according to project manager Adam Dour.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022

Dour as ever, Belichick spoke in generalities after the 33-6 defeat to the Niners that dropped New England 2 1/2 games behind the Bills, with a trip to Buffalo next weekend.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2020

MONROVIA, Liberia — Days after Kaizer Dour died of Ebola at the edge of a mangrove swamp, strangers carried his rotting corpse in a dugout canoe for a secret burial.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2014

But, Dour Dane or not, Ulbrickson also felt the need to say something commensurate with the occasion.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown