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The co-owner of the Swiss bar hit by a deadly fire during New Year celebrations was released from custody on Friday after bail was paid on his behalf, dismaying victims' families.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

It is dismaying that when a cougar kills livestock that the solution is to kill the cougar.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023

“It is dismaying that so many of them have been forgotten.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022

One of the most surprising and perhaps dismaying revelations was that Chicago’s chief of police, in his prior legal career, had represented Holmes in a dozen routine commercial lawsuits.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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