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
It’s just a downer, an inappropriate introduction of ugly real-world truths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The one visual downer is the stage, which is no longer wood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024
For a man, having red hair or curly hair is a downer, as is “bald with a fringe”—but a shaved head is okay.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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
Why can’t they be total downers like the Jim Carroll Band and Beck?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
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
The networks will usually cut away to their own anchors and analysts — their stars — when they deem the convention doings to be ratings downers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2016
