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There are also signs that hiring for other tech jobs, particularly in software engineering, aren’t down in the dumps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

One very exciting year later, all of that is back in the dumps.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026

Before this, their stocks were in the dumps because of a slowdown in oil drilling.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Sometimes a stock that is in the dumps deserves to be, and betting on it is the functional equivalent of catching a falling knife.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025

I’ve often been down in the dumps, but never desperate.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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