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doom

[doom] / dum /


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He scores some brilliant goals too, as does Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, so I don't think it will be all doom and gloom for Everton fans this season, despite their frustration at the moment.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The recent regulatory shifts don’t spell doom for power plant owners, but the broad direction of travel favors new power generation—both on and off the grid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Local fisherman Wyck Crawford, played by a delightfully rascally Stephen Root, serves as Loftis’ human antagonist, warning the mayor of impending doom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Turning our children’s rest and activities into a series of numbers is a recipe for feeding the anxiety doom loop.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

This assumption became the engine of their doom.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

We need to understand why wishing ill on the other side is wrong and why such talk poisons civic life and dooms everyone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."

From Salon Feb. 16, 2025

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

This dooms the great love of her life, with Pedro, who marries Tita’s sister just to be near her.

From Seattle Times Jun. 20, 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

“Where that is, no one can tell me. Am I doomed to ever roam?”

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Noah Brier gets us up to speed on the state of artificial intelligence right now; from the A.I. arms race with China to the probability that we are all doomed.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

That doesn’t mean the technology is doomed to disappoint.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“It’s a plan that is doomed to fail,” Bobker said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

You might know with certainty that the entire subprime mortgage bond market was doomed, but you could do nothing about it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Roosevelt’s campaign shook the system, earning 88 electoral votes and dooming Taft’s reelection campaign in favor of the Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

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

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

“If we maintain the status quo, and if we don’t know how much water is in rivers and streams, we are essentially dooming some of our freshwater species.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2024

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

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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