doom
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“When people say, ‘my probability of doom is x or y or whatever, it hits in a different way,” said Altman.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
But let’s not be all gloom and doom.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
I may be alone but I don’t see doom coming from AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
There's no doom and gloom about the place despite them losing several key players and, after predicting they would lose their first two games, I feel differently about their prospects now.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Jody had trouble with his food then, for he felt a kind of doom in the air.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.
From Slate ● May 29, 2025
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
"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
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
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
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I don’t think you are doomed, but nor do I have tips or tricks — except to say that if you don’t talk about it, this economic disparity will become bigger than both of you.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The pass looked doomed the moment it left Jayden Maiava’s hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Thanks to a curse leveled by the family matriarch back in the Salem witch-trial days, any man who falls in love with any of the women in the family is doomed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Flight is, ‘We’re all doomed so I can’t do anything about it.’”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 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
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
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
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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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