Thesaurus / pall
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In late May, China’s State Council signaled a crackdown on cryptocurrency mining, causing bitcoin’s price to plummet by 30% and casting a pall across the entire industry, which collectively lost over $1 trillion in value.
WHY CHINA IS CRACKING DOWN ON BITCOIN MINING AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR OTHER COUNTRIESCHARLIE CAMPBELL / CHENGDU AND SHANGHAIJUNE 2, 2021TIMEI can think of few events which cast a greater pall over the Senate than the untimely death of our beloved colleague, Lester Hunt.
OUR POLITICS IS NO UGLIER OR MORE DYSFUNCTIONAL THAN IN THE PASTKYLE LONGLEYMAY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEven without the pall of the horse’s failed drug test, you’re better off fading Medina Spirit in the Preakness Stakes.
TWO HORSES THAT CAN BEAT KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER MEDINA SPIRIT AT THE PREAKNESS STAKESNEIL GREENBERGMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhile pandemic pall is visceral, climate change can feel far off, requiring effort to remain engaged, or at a minimum, to keep paying attention.
SIX WAYS TO STAY BALANCED DURING THE CLIMATE CRISISARIELLA COOK-SHONKOFF, NEELU TUMMALAAPRIL 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe battles in the late 1980s over controversial artwork exhibited by NEA-funded institutions — namely, photographs by Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe — cast a frustrating pall over government support that dogs the issue to this day.
THE CULTURE IS AILING. IT’S TIME FOR A DR. FAUCI FOR THE ARTS.PETER MARKSDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANThe corpse was lying in a narrow coffin, upon a low bier, both of which were covered with a white pall.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERChains creaked, hinges groaned, and the great black pall above him began gradually to rise.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATININext the artist changed to the string of pity, and thoughts of the worlds sorrows came over him like a pall.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSAAccustomed as he was to open appreciation by the sex, it never seemed to pall on him.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWORDS RELATED TO PALL
- annoy
- bore
- burn out
- bush
- collapse
- crawl
- debilitate
- deject
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- dispirit
- displease
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drop
- enervate
- ennui
- exasperate
- fag
- fail
- faint
- fatigue
- flag
- fold
- give out
- go stale
- grow weary
- harass
- irk
- irritate
- jade
- nauseate
- overburden
- overstrain
- overtax
- overwork
- pain
- pall
- peter out
- poop out
- prostrate
- put to sleep
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- tax
- vex
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- wilt
- worry
- yawn
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