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hopeless

[hohp-lis] / ˈhoʊp lɪs /


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"It's about a moment in your life when you think everything is over and you feel hopeless," explains singer Viktoria Leléka.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

First he moved the hopeless cases — frames dented, forks bent, gears rusted — into one room and their cousins the wheelchairs into another, leaving about 90 that could be saved.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Is this a hopeless situation that we should simply accept and walk away from?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

After one too many summer months of hopeless applications, all I had was a job at a substitute-teaching agency, where I would be lucky to get work three days a week.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

“I just saw an advertisement posted in a shop window about a new home for hopeless children—the Protestant Orphan Asylum, I believe it’s called. But I’ve had no time to pay a visit.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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