downer
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I don’t want to end my response on a downer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
It’s just a downer, an inappropriate introduction of ugly real-world truths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
How much of a downer would it be if he’s reduced to being a spectator when the Dodgers win the World Series?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
Every year Dad would walk out of the fairgrounds with at least one human-sized stuffed something or other on his shoulders, and every year all of us would hate Mom for being such a downer.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
But downers don’t cut it when you’re making today’s attention span-driven family fare.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Here are a few more ways to fight this month’s financial downers:
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
There were two downers: McKennie and center back Miles Robinson, the team’s best defender this year, will miss the Jamaica match.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2021
If there are few equivalents in television to film’s great downers, that’s because the medium plays by very different rules.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2016
There are a lot of Debbie downers among the voters, and both the parties have to be currying favors with them.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2016
