bleak
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“The future is bleak for us,” he adds, even though his upbeat attitude and warm energy make you feel like you’ve known him for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The longer-term outlook remains bleak, with the U.S. fertility rate at a record low.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
As bleak, frightening and all-around life-ruining as the internet has proven itself to be, there was a time not long ago when the World Wide Web felt like a portal, not a black hole.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Taking thousands of images and recording audio descriptions of bleak beauty of the lunar surface as it passed beneath them, the crew eventually voyaged 252,756 miles from Earth.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
It was a bleak land, a bleak house.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing bleak
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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