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nounmelancholy, depression

noundarkness, blackness

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Away from this gloom and doom, stockbrokers in India have raked in millions during the pandemic.

INDIAN STOCK BROKERS CLOCKED STELLAR GROWTH IN A YEAR WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT INTO RECESSIONPRATHAMESH MULYEMAY 25, 2021QUARTZ

In this atmosphere of gloom and despair, much help has come from individuals who have shown extraordinary courage and come up with solutions to tackle the crisis.

INDIA’S UBIQUITOUS AUTO RICKSHAWS ARE STEPPING UP AS OXYGENATED AMBULANCESNIHARIKA SHARMAMAY 7, 2021QUARTZ

There is much more understanding about the importance of flexibility at work as a result of the pandemic too, so it’s not all doom and gloom.

CANNABIS AND THE WORKPLACE: THE PANDEMIC HAS BOSSES AND EMPLOYEES CRAVING ITS BENEFITSJESSICA DAVIESMARCH 8, 2021DIGIDAY

There’s Trent Williams, the star left tackle and one of the faces of Washington’s franchise in the 2010s whose refusal to play after a botched cancer diagnosis enveloped the team in a fog of gloom for all of last year.

PLAYING THE 49ERS REMINDS OF PAST FAILURES, BUT WASHINGTON FINALLY SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED ONLES CARPENTERDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POST

A similar story played out for Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, a Delhi-based musician, whose songwriting emerged out of the loneliness and gloom of the pandemic.

HOW INDIA’S INDIE MUSICIANS CAME OUT OF BOLLYWOOD’S SHADOW DURING THE PANDEMICMANAVI KAPURDECEMBER 4, 2020QUARTZ

Families are putting up Christmas lights early to offset the gloom.

A FEDEX DRIVER SAW A BOY PLAY BASKETBALL WITH A RUSTY HOOP. SHE WENT TO A STORE AND BOUGHT HIM A NEW ONE.CATHY FREENOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Comet 67P spent most of its lifetime—billions of years—in the dim gloom of the Kuiper Belt, a region of the outer solar system that extends well beyond Pluto.

THESE IMAGES EXPOSE THE DARK SIDE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDECOREY S. POWELLAUGUST 26, 2020NAUTILUS

As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.

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She saw his back for an instant against the pale gloom of the garden, in which vapour was curling.

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He spoke Urdu exceedingly well, and it was difficult in the gloom to recognize him as a European.

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