gloomy
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I’m back from the gloriously gloomy Oregon coast and can’t recommend a trip to the Yachats/Waldport area enough if you like to have a beach to yourself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Despite the gloomy results, Warner’s stock climbed more than 1% in early Thursday trading to $26.25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Under gloomy skies, Lewandowski blazed a spot-kick over the bar as Fire's training session came to an end and Iraola's got under way.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
One bright spot in this otherwise gloomy picture is the consumer staples sector, in which insiders have recently become more optimistic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The thought of Papá had made us all gloomy again despite the refreshing showers.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Consumer spending still accounts for two-thirds of gross domestic product, and Americans have rarely felt gloomier about shopping–even as they continue to open their wallets.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Pushing back at gloomier forecasts of AI job disruption, OpenAI economists have released a study showing that just 18% of U.S. jobs are at a “relatively higher risk” of being eliminated in the near term.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
The increase came as respondents' views of current business and job market conditions improved, though their outlooks for the future were gloomier.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Things will undoubtedly look a lot gloomier in markets if tech’s penchant for overspending becomes a definitive miscalculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
With the new drapes covering the holographic walls, the mess hall was darker and gloomier than it should’ve been, but that couldn’t be helped.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Even the gloomiest prognosticator thinks a formal default is highly unlikely, and the idea that it might happen within six years is in the very outside realm of risk.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
“I’m the gloomiest I’ve been since 1979,” one economist told The Wall Street Journal at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Slap-bang in the middle of a month that is all about freezing drizzle and self-denial, the third Monday in January is notoriously the gloomiest day of the year.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
Hell, we’ve got the gloomiest place of all: the United Kingdom.
From Slate ● May 25, 2024
It was the gloomiest, most depressing bathroom Harry had ever set foot in.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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