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[doom] / dum /


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With eight third-place teams advancing out of group play, a win here would give either Scotland or Haiti a solid shot at going through while a draw could doom both.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

However, it may not be all doom and gloom for cybersecurity investors.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The track is a harbinger—the album is filled with the sound of recorded speech drifting through the ether, and many of them carry messages of doom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

A few weeks after Gatto took over vocals, they knocked out four songs, highlighted by the aggressive doom of “Time to Burn” and the blasting guitars that echo Gatto’s melodic angst on “Hot Pursuit.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

My packet of worksheets, my impending academic doom, the hospital, Dr. Katz, even Mom, it’s not that they feel far away; it’s that they feel like a foreign language, an alien planet.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon




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