dashed hopes
Example Sentences
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The surprisingly strong job growth dashed hopes for an interest-rate reduction and raised the possibility of a rate hike instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dashed hopes for clarity about interest-rate cuts.
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
It dashed hopes in some countries, such as the UK, that thought they might float under the radar, though many are still hoping eventually to work out some sort of deal.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025
Such comments by Powell have dashed hopes on Wall Street that the Fed would cut its rate three times this year, which as recently as March the central bank’s officials had projected they would do.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
He had seen all this before, and he had seen the sad consequences of dashed hopes in Seattle the previous year.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
