dispirited
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But when he and his coaching staff took over the U.S. team in the fall of 2024, following its disastrous performance in the Copa América, he said he inherited a demoralized, dispirited group.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Four months on from what happened, I am quite dispirited.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
At some point between his second-inning exit, and the Dodgers’ historic rally in the top of the fifth, a dispirited Flaherty decided against any further self-pity.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
While Bayern Munich's players celebrated in front of their jubilant fans at the final whistle, Arsenal's players looked dispirited after a damaging few days that has hurt their campaign.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
“We are up to the summer of 1939, eighty-four years ago if my math is correct,” I added, throwing in an arithmetical flourish that thoroughly dispirited her.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The Red Pony
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 35-38
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