gloom
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Appeared in the March 19, 2026, print edition as 'Rate-Cut Gloom Sweeps Wall Street'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Gloom and doom messages about climate change do not work in Norway.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
Gloom over worse-than-expected export data offset any positive momentum from an upgrade to China’s growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023
That may seem surprising coming from the Gloom Columnist, who has covered starvation, atrocities and climate devastation.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
Gloom seemed to be settling on him again.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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