bleak
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If the recent terms are a prologue, the coming term is bleak.
From Slate β Oct. 6, 2026
My objective is to use the existing comparisons to reexamine “Promising Young Woman,” try to understand Fennell’s intentions, and look at the bleak truths her movie stares straight in the face.
From Salon β Oct. 2, 2026
Consumer sentiment surveys paint a bleak picture right now, but consumers are spending briskly.
From Barron's β Oct. 2, 2026
You may not be earning a six-figure salary like that other letter writer, but your outlook is far less bleak than the initial arithmetic suggests.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 2, 2026
We had turned towards home and, at the top of a rise, I saw the gables of Monmouth House, bleak in the distance.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
We once caught in an hour 6000 fishes like bleaks.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels β Volume 08 by Robert Kerr
For young Americans, though, the job landscape was much bleaker.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 13, 2026
When Raducanu dissected her French Open first-round exit just three weeks ago in Paris, things looked much bleaker.
From BBC β Jun. 14, 2026
Last month, the multilateral lender's World Economic Outlook predicted global growth would drop to 3.1 percent in 2026 in its "reference" scenario, but warned of a bleaker outlook if the war were to drag on.
From Barron's β May 14, 2026
The mixed jobs picture reflects surging demand for people in healthcare and social services but a bleaker environment for government employees, factory workers and cubicle dwellers.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 12, 2026
“The situation is undoubtedly bleaker now,” they wrote.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The final twist is one of the bleakest endings in postwar fiction, precisely because it exposes survival itself as a kind of illusion.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 22, 2026
When I graduated from UC–Berkeley with my “useless” comparative literature degree, into one of the bleakest job markets in recent American memory, I thought to myself, There must be a loophole somewhere.
From Slate β Mar. 20, 2026
The last connects to the bleakest memory outie Mark and his wife share – a miscarriage that followed months of difficulty conceiving.
From Salon β Mar. 22, 2025
Fender is one of our finest songwriters, with a sharp eye for detail and a heartland rock style that turn even the bleakest observations into rousing stadium anthems.
From BBC β Feb. 16, 2025
Just as things were looking their bleakest for Venkatesh, another man appeared.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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