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[bleek] / blik /




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While it looks bad at the moment, Sale can take solace in the fact that all of this season's Prem top four have had bleak years in the recent past.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

And though the reporting coming out of there during the first Trump administration often seemed bleak, Ribeiro’s memories of those days in El Paso are joyful because of its people.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Another prominent poll of American attitudes, the consumer-confidence index, is not nearly as bleak.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

AI isn’t the harbinger of bleak youth unemployment—it is quite the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The Apaches were at war but had no warriors, so perhaps she thought the ending too bleak to say aloud.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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