grimmer
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Reports David has heard from clients in Cameroon are even grimmer: the IOM has refused to facilitate medical care for some detainees, the lawyer said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
That’s a turnaround from their much grimmer forecasts last fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
She’s hardly in a position to do much more than accept what’s going on as a grimmer version of her own dead-end predicament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
But as bad as the disruptions and damage to public schools will be, Mahmoud will be infamous for grimmer reasons.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
She was living alone with John in a furnished room even grimmer than the room that had been hers in Madame Williams’s apartment.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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