doldrums
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The U.S added 162,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday, a much-stronger-than-expected result that suggested the labor market shook off its early-summer doldrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Van der Meer tied the current housing-market doldrums to the long period of underinvestment in the offshore oil industry.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
As it restructures in a bid to escape the doldrums, Ubisoft in June closed studios in Canada's Winnipeg and the Serbian capital Belgrade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The reconstruction in the aftermath of the attack marked the start of Manchester's ascent from the doldrums of de-industrialisation.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
After three weeks of the doldrums I made Ruth May get out of bed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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