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What begins as an honest account of modern life’s bleak state is distorted alongside Berlant’s malleable expressions, slowly blossoming into something life-affirming, like a diamond among the rubble.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Moss KC said it was a "somewhat bleak but candid assessment of the scale of the problem", which Emmett agreed with.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The former Iraqi president -- himself a one time refugee -- spelled out the bleak situation while opening UNHCR's annual executive committee meeting, which runs until Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Despite the one-year decline, bitcoin’s prospects look considerably less bleak than over the summer, during which time prices fell as low as $58,000 in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The dream receded and left him there, in his bed, alone—stranded in the merciless intransigence of reality, and it was as bleak a truth to his soul as the nothingness of the Elmuthaleth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

But the study was completed in 2020 and the findings today would be even bleaker, Obura said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The situation has grown bleaker in the last decade and a half as commercial pressures have ramped up and media consolidation and digital shortsightedness have obliterated arts coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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

That same day, however, he wrote John a private and far bleaker letter.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Instead, millions of university graduates are entering the bleakest job market in years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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

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 ● Feb. 16, 2025

But as any MacGyver episode will show you, when things look bleakest, that’s about the time you turn a corner.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau