downer
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I don’t want to end my response on a downer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Eventually she started Go Gentle, but still, her heroine was a downer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The ending’s a downer, all right, but you might just smile too.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
I wait for some kind of disclaimer from him about his theory being dumb or that he’s sorry for being a downer.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
Here are a few more ways to fight this month’s financial downers:
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
The holdout by RB Melvin Gordon and the foot surgery for S Derwin James were preseason downers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019
Why can’t they be total downers like the Jim Carroll Band and Beck?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
If there are few equivalents in television to film’s great downers, that’s because the medium plays by very different rules.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2016
There are a lot of Debbie downers among the voters, and both the parties have to be currying favors with them.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2016
