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Though the courts have not invariably ruled against Trump, the Administration’s record so far is, to use one of the President’s favorite words, sad.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025 -
The sad story of Alex Verdugo was one of the most puzzling dramas of the MLB offseason.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
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This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania, posted the clip of Sadie the dog looking crestfallen within the confines of a kennel.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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During these remarks, a television camera briefly focused on Pelosi, who slowly moved her head from side-to-side while appearing crestfallen and holding a walking stick.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Mad Men echoes are tough to shake, too: There are shots in here, like Coop looking forlorn in an elevator, that might as well be episodic photos from Mad Men.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
11 Apr. 2025
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This funny, strange and fundamentally forlorn film about the city’s gentrification provided a breakout role for Jonathan Majors as a lost artistic soul.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Imagine, then, my discontent on learning of a recent U.K. court decision that underscores our glum reality.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today The U.S. consumer hasn’t felt so glum about the economy since November 2022, according to a survey by the University of Michigan.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Despite the gloomy data, some in the industry believe a floor is in sight.—
Derek Gilliam,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Wearing a gloomy look in his VIP seat at the final whistle, Brady recognised this was not to be Birmingham’s day.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
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My father, disconsolate, would pace around what had once been their home in an exaggerated performance of his own uselessness.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, in private, many people in the business, media, and think-tank worlds are frustrated with and despondent about the atmosphere in China.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Become despondent over a breakup with her boyfrend?—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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