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But the nonvirtuous road, Smith warns, risks ruin: “habitual imprudence . . . or injustice, or weakness, or profligacy, will always cloud, and sometimes depress altogether, the most splendid professional abilities.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Conventional wisdom suggests such discouraging numbers would depress turnout.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

A federal judge ordered an end to practices that depress ad rates for web publishers, but declined to order a divestiture of Google’s ad exchange and other technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

For those who have not been identified, negative feedback from adults and peers can further depress self-esteem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Oh,” said Eloise, “what’s the use of talking? Let’s drop it. I’ll just depress you. Shut me up.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Extreme heat depresses economic activity by restricting work and disrupting transport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

In the macro economy, uncertainty depresses economic activity, increases stock market volatility and reduces returns.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

“It is the duration of a shock, not its magnitude, that structurally depresses valuations,” he says.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

Jonny's prediction: It depresses me how good Sunderland are this season.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

“Get that damned rat away from me. This place depresses me enough. Get on the phone and make my hotel reservations for the Derby.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Operating earnings were depressed by weaker underwriting and investment income at the company’s large insurance units.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

After being depressed for a "long time", Miller said he was now feeling "genuine joy".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But Mizrahim stayed in the transit camps longer than Ashkenazim and were sent disproportionately to economically depressed development towns, remote settlements far from the center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said 2024 represented the largest annual reduction, save for the pandemic and recession years of 2020 and 2008, when energy use, transportation and economic activity were depressed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

“Most people probably have some depressing experience they can’t quite put into words but also can’t forget,” he concludes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

People are facing a "painful" and "depressing" few years ahead, economic think tanks have warned, after forecasts showed growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Financial Times headlines on a story about a drop in sales for European luxury goods as demand from Chinese consumers eases, adding that "AI-driven stock wobbles" is also depressing demand.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The pass/fail ratio is both depressing and mildly surprising.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

I did this by depressing the brake pedal very carefully and very slowly.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo