doldrums
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For a while this summer, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were in the doldrums, eclipsed by the shinier lights of surging artificial-intelligence stocks and prediction markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Surely some of this is the doldrums of late summer and the lack of sports stuff to yell about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Van der Meer tied the current housing-market doldrums to the long period of underinvestment in the offshore oil industry.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
As it restructures in a bid to escape the doldrums, Ubisoft in June closed studios in Canada's Winnipeg and the Serbian capital Belgrade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
He was sinking farther into the doldrums with every second.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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