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doom

[doom] / dum /


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This doesn’t need to spell doom for the sector, though it could rule out the most bullish spending scenario.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

A corona of cosmic doom shades the horizon of “Miss Wolcott’s Ghost.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

But rather than being a harbinger of doom, Emanuel says, the shift is more a reflection of how AI-related risks have seeped into other markets, such as emerging-market stocks, bonds and corporate credit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

It might not be all doom and gloom for the retail sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

But something compelled me to hear my own doom spelled out.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

Assumption: The snubbing of “All We Imagine as Light” in the international feature category dooms its Oscar chances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

His thoughtful and riveting performance ensures that we never stop pulling for Andy, even after he dooms the crew’s most vulnerable but least interesting member.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024

This dooms the great love of her life, with Pedro, who marries Tita’s sister just to be near her.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Like Homer’s King Agamemnon, who was doomed to die by the actions of his wife, Clytemnestra, Adam discovers that Eve has, in his absence, yielded to the lies of a seducer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Any proposal that fails to reconcile our climate objectives with social and economic realities will be doomed to fail," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The pass looked doomed the moment it left Jayden Maiava’s hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Had he just saved his sister—or doomed her?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Knowing that handing off the mantle to any of these soft-bellied siblings meant dooming his life’s work, Roy let slip one of the most devastating parental assessments ever captured on television.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025

The crash should have flooded just two of the boat's six watertight compartments, but a missing door meant that three were compromised, dooming the vessel.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

Frank added it to the bill, dooming it to failure; it would be another 13 years before both classes would win protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

They were unable to take a step forward Friday night, their turnovers and poor three-point shooting dooming them in a 106-102 loss to the Lakers at Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025

Didn’t Rowan realize that by sacrificing himself, he’d be dooming her as well?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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