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doom

[doom] / dum /


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Gen. Rob Bonta and 11 other state attorneys general expressed concern that the industry-reshaping deal could spell doom for movie theaters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

It’s not all doom and gloom in the software sector, as some high-profile stocks have posted standout gains this year while their peers languish.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

But, mercifully, the picture is not all doom and gloom.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Andrew White of Edinburgh, who had flown to South Florida for Wednesday’s game, wasn’t about to let something as minor as imminent doom break up a good time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

But something compelled me to hear my own doom spelled out.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

A costly turnover coupled with a foul by LeBron James on Anthony Edwards in the final seconds dooms the Lakers to a 116-113 Game 4 loss to the Timberwolves.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2025

His thoughtful and riveting performance ensures that we never stop pulling for Andy, even after he dooms the crew’s most vulnerable but least interesting member.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2024

Astrobotic Technology, a Pittsburgh company, launches its lander in January, but a fuel leak prevents a landing and dooms the craft.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2024

It fares no better on the merits, fox-trotting around an insurmountable Supreme Court precedent strictly limiting recusal that dooms the whole endeavor.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2023

Yet, with her prescience, she was aware of dooms and sorrows outside her lover's purview.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Promoters of Graham Platner’s doomed Senate campaign in Maine disregarded that age-old warning, and now they are paying the price.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

"The tiger diplomacy of the last 10 years to dump tigers from India into that rampant hunting culture is doomed, I believe," he told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

This modest trawler, the Rose of Nevada, no longer contains its doomed crew and yet here it is, without explanation and ready for new fishermen.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

In May, Google announced it would launch its own pair of smart glasses a decade on from the doomed Google Glass, which had been pulled after backlash on price and privacy concerns.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Too old to emigrate, Hannibal Sloat, although not a special, was doomed to creep out his remaining life on Earth.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

While the documentary did not land Chow in prison, the filmmaker said he paid a steep price as investors and collaborators deserted him, almost dooming "Deadline".

From Barron's Dec. 22, 2025

Knowing that handing off the mantle to any of these soft-bellied siblings meant dooming his life’s work, Roy let slip one of the most devastating parental assessments ever captured on television.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2025

Frank added it to the bill, dooming it to failure; it would be another 13 years before both classes would win protection.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Sporadically playing only at festivals, colleges and museums, the movie failed to garner a proper theatrical release until 2007, its complicated music clearances seemingly dooming it to obscurity.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2025

I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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