bleak
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At the same time, it is potentially a rare chink of light in a bleak picture.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tuesday's hammering followed a bleak day on Wall Street, where the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 2.2 percent as Sandisk tanked 11 percent, while Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia gave up around five percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The spring home-buying season was a disappointment, and the bleak outlook for summer sales kept home-builder confidence low in June.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
But Russian power in and around this vital waterway is significantly weaker than it was in 2022, and the outlook for gains is currently bleak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
He smiled, bleak, and said, “First we have to cross the Ice.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
We once caught in an hour 6000 fishes like bleaks.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert
Trust me when I say it was even bleaker than that sounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
However, Arsenal themselves have a much bleaker record as they've been top at Christmas four times before but have never gone on to lift the trophy.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
There’s no bleaker satire than making it through “The Running Man’s” end credits, past images of a raised fist that reads “Together Against the Network,” to see the last words on screen: A Skydance Corporation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
“The situation is undoubtedly bleaker now,” they wrote.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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
Since this scene plays more than halfway through the second season in an episode called “Last Drink,” we recognize this as the bleakest version of “famous last words.”
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024
Just when the divisions seemed bleakest, I ran into Jim Kusters, a retiree and Trump supporter who was sitting for breakfast in Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2024
Who would want to believe that, except in the service of the bleakest realism?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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