downer
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I don’t want to end my response on a downer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
The only downer with “Welcome Tour,” which is primarily designed to show off the console’s capabilities, is that it doesn’t come bundled with the Switch 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
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
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
Unfortunately, many of today’s writers have more in common with psychiatrists, preferring, it seems, to publish depressing, despairing downers in the name of literature.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
Why can’t they be total downers like the Jim Carroll Band and Beck?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
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