dispirited
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Its cast includes the bickering members of a Sri Lankan hotel cleaner’s family, insecure American freshmen, dead-end third-tier college professors and their highflying Ivy League counterparts and dispirited university functionaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
When Pochettino, who played in a World Cup for Argentina, took over the U.S. team in the fall of 2024, he said he inherited a demoralized, dispirited group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
So dispirited are Raiders fans that a game that’s typically a silver-and-black takeover of SoFi Stadium was far closer to 50/50.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Four months on from what happened, I am quite dispirited.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
He braced himself for one of Lillian’s cold, puissant lectures to enfilade the dispirited citadel of his self-respect.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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The Red Pony
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 35-38
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