lackluster
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Despite a solid start from Tarik Skubal, lackluster hitting once again proves costly for the Dodgers in a 6-2 loss to the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Spending ticked down at grocery stores too, while hobby spending was lackluster.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Warner’s lackluster earnings, released Thursday, comes as tech scion David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance remains eager to complete its $111-billion deal to buy Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Consumer spending, which has the biggest influence, increased at a frothy 3.2% annual rate compared to a lackluster 0.5% in the first quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Burnham was a lackluster student: “the records of the Old Central show his average scholarship to be frequently as low as 55 percent,” a reporter discovered, “and 81 percent seems the highest he ever reached.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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