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doom

[doom] / dum /


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The idea of runaway doom is one of those fun and frightening pictures that survive only in the moment between dreaming and waking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But rather than being a harbinger of doom, Emanuel says, the shift is more a reflection of how AI-related risks have seeped into other markets, such as emerging-market stocks, bonds and corporate credit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

It might not be all doom and gloom for the retail sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

For all the "doom and gloom", Nike will stay number one, according to Powell - millions worldwide, including young people, remain loyal - but its mistakes have dented its dominance.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

These were dark days, and it was good to have a challenge to take his mind off ghosts and doom: make Ruby completely lose track of herself, while not ending up a pile of char.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

Assumption: The snubbing of “All We Imagine as Light” in the international feature category dooms its Oscar chances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

Astrobotic Technology, a Pittsburgh company, launches its lander in January, but a fuel leak prevents a landing and dooms the craft.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

You there, yes you, the one sitting in seat 11E; you’re no better than the doomed dunces coming to see this production of “Fossil Fools.”

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

I don’t think you are doomed, but nor do I have tips or tricks — except to say that if you don’t talk about it, this economic disparity will become bigger than both of you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

At one 2022 event, the drink menu included a cocktail called “Death With Dignity,” in reference to an essay arguing humanity was already doomed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The pass looked doomed the moment it left Jayden Maiava’s hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Oh, oh, thought Ralph, feeling both guilty and doomed.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

Knowing that handing off the mantle to any of these soft-bellied siblings meant dooming his life’s work, Roy let slip one of the most devastating parental assessments ever captured on television.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025

The crash should have flooded just two of the boat's six watertight compartments, but a missing door meant that three were compromised, dooming the vessel.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

Frank added it to the bill, dooming it to failure; it would be another 13 years before both classes would win protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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