grim
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One influential figure predicts an array of grim economic consequences, unconvinced that Burnham and his team have grasped what might be coming down the track and planned accordingly.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
It is “a grim reflection of Canadian history,” he tells us, that both men were illiterate—Antoine in 1693, Joseph in 1901.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I had grim conversations with many people about the horrors they’d seen after their loved ones fell into the world of medbeds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Economic forecasts for the coming months continue to be grim as fighting in the Middle East intensifies.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
I glanced over at Regan out of the corner of my eye and saw her grim expression as her mother looked from her to me and back again.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
The numbers are even grimmer for low-income students and students of color: Only 23% of low-income children, 27% of Black children and 32% of Hispanic children were reading at grade level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
Other, grimmer recent headlines help to explain why.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024
Even if it had been found, the story of its recovery would have vanished, drowned out by grimmer realities.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
He volunteered at the very start and has survived some of the grimmest battles.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Despite the market’s record-setting pace, anxiety about the war in Iran has left Americans in the grimmest economic mood on record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Behind the scenes, his producers eagerly exploited the grimmest episodes of vulnerable people’s lives, never disabusing them of the false assumption that appearing on “Springer” would somehow help them.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
For now, however, the grimmest of eventualities may have been avoided—all thanks to a mixture of luck and Icelandic proactivity.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 19, 2023
The grimmest examples of germs’ role in history come from the European conquest of the Americas that began with Columbus’s voyage of 1492.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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