downer
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I don’t want to end my response on a downer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Eventually she started Go Gentle, but still, her heroine was a downer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Nothing's going to put a downer on it.”
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
A user from South Carolina had posted: Don’t want to be a downer, but I just had a sad thought.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
But downers don’t cut it when you’re making today’s attention span-driven family fare.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Here are a few more ways to fight this month’s financial downers:
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
There were two downers: McKennie and center back Miles Robinson, the team’s best defender this year, will miss the Jamaica match.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2021
While the dictionary update includes some downers — including mass extinction — it also reflects a growth spurt in solutions.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2021
“I’m really sick of all the Debbie downers and the negativity,” he said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
