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Variety and Rolling Stone owner Penske Media sued Google in September on antitrust grounds, alleging that its AI summaries illegally use the publisher’s reporting and depress online traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The U.S. could run a big trade deficit in the second quarter, and large trade gaps depress GDP.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

“These additional allowances would not only endanger our emissions targets, they would also flood the auction market and depress cap-and-invest revenues,” said Pam Odell of the group Climate Action California.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

Higher interest rates also depress property values and weigh on the volume of real estate transactions.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

I even think depression is caused by thinking about things that depress you.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Extreme heat depresses economic activity by restricting work and disrupting transport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

I think of him, and immediately it depresses me.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Even if disrupted flows through both straits fall another 4 million barrels a day from current levels, the market can sidestep an acute shortage as long as “demand stays close to today’s depressed levels.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

CBS News, historically cautious about any endeavors that could tarnish its legacy as a journalism organization, was the last of the traditional networks to get into e-commerce in 2022 after COVID-19 lockdowns depressed ad revenues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Announcing its decision to close the Venetia mine, De Beers said it needed to cut costs and streamline operations given the depressed state of the world diamond market.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

It’s a step beyond what he called the 3.0 platform/ecosystem models like Amazon, whose heavy investments have often depressed profits to gain more intrinsic value later.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

The whole state depressed him, the blue lines representing highways that intersected towns whose names and destinies were mysteries to him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Measles cases in the U.S. just set a depressing record, making 2026 the worst year for the disease since the Soviet Union collapsed.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Jobs are hard to find for the young and unemployed; high mortgage rates are depressing home sales; and, of late, inflation has again been rampant.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

What’s most depressing about all these stories is that they pointedly highlight the problem with contemporary American media.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Architecture student Emma Cook, 20, told BBC Your Voice that the thought of paying back 9% of her salary above the threshold for the next 40 years was "depressing".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

We laughed about how depressing they all were.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher