dismal
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On a dismal night at Hampden when Scotland failed to ask enough questions of Slovenia, there are one or two that could be posed to new boss Sebastien Pocognoli and his players.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He assumes that, these days, the public goes to see movies or plays, watches television, or reads books either to avoid this dismal reality or absolve themselves from it.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
But there were more bumps in the road for Detroit, which by November was still a dismal 3-6.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
And if that’s the case, to jump briefly to the conclusion, we might need to dust off the financial playbook from that dismal decade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
As we headed out of London by the dismal Westway, he gave me his condensed version: no property law, therefore no capital, therefore no wealth.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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