somber
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One segment of the doc pulls from a somber video from the LAPD’s Hollenbeck division that describes Dead City’s Boyle Heights show in a “Critical Incident Community Briefing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
There’s also an equally somber take from Piper Sandler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
In it, Rousseau acknowledged that it was a "somber day" for his organisation.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
For McDermott, they suggest somber ritual and were, in fact, known in Akhnaten’s Egypt.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
He spoke softly and his eyes were somber as he looked at Ged.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing somber
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