gloomy
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Consumers also have never felt this gloomy about the U.S. economy before.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Early reviewers, writes Ms. Lutz, found the book “too gloomy, savage, and eccentric.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The surge made it one of the top performers in the S&P 500 on an otherwise gloomy day for the index as well as the broader technology sector.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
So you won't be remotely surprised when I tell you that it has left Labour folk from the cabinet down gloomy, run down and irritated.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Even when within a very short distance of the manor-house, you could see nothing of it, so thick and dark grew the timber of the gloomy wood about it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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