bleak
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Meanwhile some scientists, experts and workers have dismissed the bleak projections as vague, hypothetical, or an effort by large AI developers to ensure their dominance.
From BBC β Sep. 24, 2026
Aiming to escape the rat race and find opportunities for work in a bleak job market, the founders use artificial intelligence to code, communicate with customers and promote their products.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 20, 2026
“The nature of these layoffs are so bleak that it seems as though our executives don’t see a way forward,” said Ariane Lange, an investigative reporter at the Sacramento Bee.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 19, 2026
It is a bleak little consumer triumph: the system has managed to make a moral improvement feel exactly like the thing it replaced.
From Salon β Sep. 18, 2026
It was also becoming apparent that the possibility of supplementing their food rations with game, such as the tapir, looked bleak.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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
Though China’s official urban unemployment rate has remained steady at around 5%, some economists believe the actual labor-market picture is bleaker.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 16, 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
While many see that as a major win, it doesn’t represent the bigger, bleaker picture for salmon in the state.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 30, 2025
That same day, however, he wrote John a private and far bleaker letter.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
A dark comedy is only as successful as its bleakest jokes.
From Salon β 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 β Mar. 20, 2026
Instead, millions of university graduates are entering the bleakest job market in years.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 11, 2026
It's the bleakest of milestones, with little sign that after six months, the war is likely to end any time soon.
From BBC β Apr. 7, 2024
June and July were the bleakest months on Robben Island.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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