despair
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"Despair" was the word a third of respondents chose when asked to describe their current emotion, followed by "confusion" and "anger".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Despair or worse describes the mood in another AI-afflicted sector: business development companies.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Despair and delirium, the two great adversaries of resolve, follow into the breach.
From Salon • May 1, 2025
Their 2020 book, “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism,” was described by publisher Princeton University Press as “a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
Despair lapped against her heart like a tide rising against a bulkhead.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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