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Under-30s have described missing out on being able to "let loose and mess around" because of a "bleak" lack of nightlife where they live.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“This generation is looking at a fairly bleak situation,” said Fred Neumann, chief Asia economist at HSBC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If the recent terms are a prologue, the coming term is bleak.

From Slate ● 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 ● Oct. 2, 2026

Everyone—including Johnson—had assumed he would seek a second full term as president, but he knew now his chances of reelection were bleak.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

We once caught in an hour 6000 fishes like bleaks.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

For young Americans, though, the job landscape was much bleaker.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

When Raducanu dissected her French Open first-round exit just three weeks ago in Paris, things looked much bleaker.

From BBC ● 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 ● 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 ● Feb. 12, 2026

“The situation is undoubtedly bleaker now,” they wrote.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Tenured professors doubling as groundskeepers at a $70,000-a-year private college in New England is another sign of what is shaping up as the bleakest era for America’s smaller private schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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 ● 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 ● Mar. 22, 2025

David Muhammad, executive director of the Oakland-based National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, rejects the bleakest depictions of the city where he grew up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

June and July were the bleakest months on Robben Island.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela