bad news

Example Sentences

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It is associated with warmer seawater and, in some places, reduced cloud cover, both of which are bad news for global coral reefs.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

You might have read some of these stories and wondered if it would be better for the manager to break any bad news in person instead.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Mortgage rates this week rose to the highest level since August, more bad news for home shoppers during what is usually the busiest time of the year for home sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

This bad news comes on the heels of a hantavirus outbreak onboard a Dutch cruise ship earlier this month that grabbed global attention with 11 cases, three of them fatal.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

What they’d come to think of as the bad news voice.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles