depress
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Conventional wisdom suggests such discouraging numbers would depress turnout.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Authors of books with Jewish or Israeli characters say their titles are “review bombed” with 1-star on sites like Goodreads to depress interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A federal judge ordered an end to practices that depress ad rates for web publishers, but declined to order a divestiture of Google’s ad exchange and other technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The trade deficit, what’s more, is unlikely to depress GDP in the third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Over time her silences annoy her husband, then puzzle him and finally depress him.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Too much money chasing the same opportunity set depresses returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
In the macro economy, uncertainty depresses economic activity, increases stock market volatility and reduces returns.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
“It is the duration of a shock, not its magnitude, that structurally depresses valuations,” he says.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Jonny's prediction: It depresses me how good Sunderland are this season.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
It depresses me even to think about it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
"At first he was depressed," he says, "but we gave him toys to play with and his mood is gradually lifting."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
However, the forecast predicts that AI investment will begin to produce job gains next year and in 2028, even as the cuts have depressed California’s jobs picture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mortgage rates surged to roughly a three-year high, a fresh setback for an already depressed housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The funny thing is, it doesn’t just make you depressed about plastic surgery and sad women and sleazy TV executives.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
He’s a cop in charge of making sure things are okay in the ER and someone must have told him they had a depressed kid in 22, and now he’s trying to be helpful.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
People are facing a "painful" and "depressing" few years ahead, economic think tanks have warned, after forecasts showed growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Financial Times headlines on a story about a drop in sales for European luxury goods as demand from Chinese consumers eases, adding that "AI-driven stock wobbles" is also depressing demand.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The pass/fail ratio is both depressing and mildly surprising.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Canadian visits to Maine plunged 43 percent in the tariffs' first year, depressing shop sales and tax revenue, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had ever been with.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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