downer
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But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Sorry to be a downer, but the reality is December and January are typically the months when companies cut the most jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 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
Made in collaboration with Pallenberg’s son Marlon Richards, “Catching Fire” is a redemptive portrait that nevertheless plays like a downer.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Me: I really don't want to be a downer, but...“What if he’s dead?”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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
