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doom

[doom] / dum /


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"If people want to doom scroll… that's fine, that's up to them."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the age of an expanded playoff, one defeat doesn’t spell doom for championship hopes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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

"I hear, here and there, the prophets of doom predicting the worst," said Finance Minister Roland Lescure regarding France's ability to service its debt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

My packet of worksheets, my impending academic doom, the hospital, Dr. Katz, even Mom, it’s not that they feel far away; it’s that they feel like a foreign language, an alien planet.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

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

Qxd5 Bxd5 dooms White’s e-pawn and his game.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

Yet, with her prescience, she was aware of dooms and sorrows outside her lover's purview.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

For now, there are some signs that the French economy may not be doomed to stagnation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

I don’t think you are doomed, but nor do I have tips or tricks — except to say that if you don’t talk about it, this economic disparity will become bigger than both of you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 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

She, too, was doomed forever to fall for it.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Roosevelt’s campaign shook the system, earning 88 electoral votes and dooming Taft’s reelection campaign in favor of the Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

While the documentary did not land Chow in prison, the filmmaker said he paid a steep price as investors and collaborators deserted him, almost dooming "Deadline".

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 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

Even Alito could not actually dissent, because, as he acknowledged, the defense attorney failed to preserve an objection to the strikes, dooming the appeal.

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2024

I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles


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