sobering
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The performances in “The Audacity” are uniformly remarkable, with Mr. Galifianakis executing one of those sobering transformations that suggest Albert Brooks in “Drive,” or Robin Williams in “Insomnia” or even Jackie Gleason in “The Hustler.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
This was a sobering night for England and Tuchel.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
I’m sadly reminded of colleagues who never recovered, a sobering thought as we stare down the barrel of yet another employment crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine called the negative outlook “a sobering wake-up call about the fiscal challenges ahead for us,” noting that it is the city’s first negative outlook since the Covid-19 crisis.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Information is so powerful that the assumption of information, even if the information does not actually exist, can have a sobering effect.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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