doom
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Turning our children’s rest and activities into a series of numbers is a recipe for feeding the anxiety doom loop.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Data-backed analyses predict the Lady Greyhounds’ doom before they’ve even begun to race.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
She detested the East Coast avatars of apocalypse, like Nathanael West, who saw only doom and gloom in sunny L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
But it doesn't have to be all doom and gloom - we've found some reasons to be cheerful.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I’d invested five months in this work, but all the suffering I had thought was leading me toward prosperity could instead be dragging me to my doom.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.
From Slate ● May 29, 2025
A costly turnover coupled with a foul by LeBron James on Anthony Edwards in the final seconds dooms the Lakers to a 116-113 Game 4 loss to the Timberwolves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
His thoughtful and riveting performance ensures that we never stop pulling for Andy, even after he dooms the crew’s most vulnerable but least interesting member.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024
Navy, where toasting with water is essentially banned, as it dooms the toaster to a watery grave.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Yet, with her prescience, she was aware of dooms and sorrows outside her lover's purview.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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“Where that is, no one can tell me. Am I doomed to ever roam?”
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Noah Brier gets us up to speed on the state of artificial intelligence right now; from the A.I. arms race with China to the probability that we are all doomed.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Researchers believe the shock "fizzles" after reaching the outer boundary of a bubble created by gas that the doomed star had previously expelled.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
But then she was doomed from the start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Occasionally her teeth would press against the on switch, and the doomed thing would flail its arms, whispering one of its five recorded messages of goodwill.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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While the documentary did not land Chow in prison, the filmmaker said he paid a steep price as investors and collaborators deserted him, almost dooming "Deadline".
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 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
Lindbergh signs a non-aggression pact with Hitler, dooming Britain and Russia to defeat.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
At once menacing and clownish, Martin consistently tripped over his own incompetence, mendacity, and ignorance, ultimately dooming his chances of confirmation.
From Slate ● May 10, 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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Vocabulary lists containing doom
"Sonnet 55" by William Shakespeare
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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