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Losing ground over the first couple of years post-IPO does not necessarily doom a stock’s long-term potential.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

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

Their defense rests partly on the threat of a doom spiral: Without the hole, the club couldn’t host professional tournaments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Was this desolation but another link in the chain of doom which seemed drawing tight around us?

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

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

Navy, where toasting with water is essentially banned, as it dooms the toaster to a watery grave.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

"If Auroville," which has a big international profile and has been praised by UNESCO, "does not hold out against the plundering and devastation of our natural resources, then we are all doomed," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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

The Coach of the Old Dominion Kiwanis has come to this hospital, to this strange outfield, to this old dominion of cancer, to this old dominion of death, coaching in the ward of the doomed.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Jarmond’s easy-way-out decision is dooming the basketball program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 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

The crash should have flooded just two of the boat's six watertight compartments, but a missing door meant that three were compromised, dooming the vessel.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 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

Didn’t Rowan realize that by sacrificing himself, he’d be dooming her as well?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman