despair
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Amid the double despair of soaring joblessness and inflation, the 2025 U.S. military saw the biggest enlistee surge in 13 years, exceeding their recruitment goals by 10%.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
In response, Swinney accused them of pedalling a "doom loop of despair".
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
You have avoided great depths of despair and panic, and even greater heights of self-congratulation and ecstasy.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
The title notwithstanding, this is Dejanira’s story, and mezzo Ann Hallenberg had the attitude but ultimately not enough vocal heft to fully express her fury and despair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
A strange sense of helplessness fell upon the girls as the gray bonnet vanished round the corner, and despair seized them when a few minutes later Miss Crocker appeared, and said she’d come to dinner.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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