doom
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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
Data-backed analyses predict the Lady Greyhounds’ doom before they’ve even begun to race.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Likewise the lack of money doesn’t ensure doom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
And then, like some giant of doom, the enormous Trunchbull strode into the room in her green breeches and cotton smock.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.
From Slate ● May 29, 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
That likely dooms his chances of claiming immunity from state prosecution under the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
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
Researchers believe the shock "fizzles" after reaching the outer boundary of a bubble created by gas that the doomed star had previously expelled.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
But then she was doomed from the start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The doomed plane was operated by AeroDiana, which offers sightseeing trips lasting 30 minutes to an hour over the site, which is best seen from the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Not long before that, in April 2007, Howie Hubler, perhaps having misgivings about the size of his gamble, had struck a deal with the guy who ran the doomed Bear Stearns hedge funds, Ralph Cioffi.
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
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
Know, however, there is no talk of dooming oneself to a fantastical afterlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
Didn’t Rowan realize that by sacrificing himself, he’d be dooming her as well?
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing doom
"Sonnet 55" by William Shakespeare
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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