downer
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The headline on this item is a downer, but there’s actually some good news here, because at long last university faculty are pushing back against the relentless degradation of educational standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Singer Emmy aims for a hopeful spin on a tragic story but, despite a peppy performance, it's a bit of a downer.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
How much of a downer would it be if he’s reduced to being a spectator when the Dodgers win the World Series?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
The only serious downer through Idaho: her team.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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
The holdout by RB Melvin Gordon and the foot surgery for S Derwin James were preseason downers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019
In combination, though, these talented men seem to bring out the deep-diving, wit-stifling downers in one another.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018
If there are few equivalents in television to film’s great downers, that’s because the medium plays by very different rules.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2016
