despond
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The most urgent question facing Europe this decade is whether anyone can drag Germany’s economy out of its despond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
“The Unfolding” suggests no solutions to this plight, but it offers irresistible reflection on how the audacity of hope got pushed off the rails and fell into the slough of despond.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
The Salt Lake City Games in 2002 nearly drowned in a despond of corruption; the Pyeongchang Games in February chewed up forests and pushed out villagers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
Perhaps that was the source of her lingering despond: self-doubt, at 33, after 15 years climbing then conquering the mountain to greatness.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2015
I schooled myself to face forward with greater looks of despond, that we might not be detected in our imposture.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing despond
Society and Solitude
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Oliver Twist
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Novel Study: Gulliver’s Travels, Parts 3–4
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