dashed hopes

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“The oil shock has dashed hopes across the developed world that persistent elevated inflation would resolve itself even with easy policy,” Unlimited Funds CEO Bob Elliott wrote to clients on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Although that meant breaking out flip-flops and scheduling picnics earlier than normal, it has also dashed hopes of a superbloom in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dashed hopes for clarity about interest-rate cuts.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

It dashed hopes in some countries, such as the UK, that thought they might float under the radar, though many are still hoping eventually to work out some sort of deal.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

He had seen all this before, and he had seen the sad consequences of dashed hopes in Seattle the previous year.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown