bleak
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Eliot theorized in his 1925 poem “The Hollow Men,” a bleak assessment of life after the first world war.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The Nordic-noir mystery “The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek” is predictably bleak and gripping, but annoyingly follows too many of the same beats as its first season.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
And though the reporting coming out of there during the first Trump administration often seemed bleak, Ribeiro’s memories of those days in El Paso are joyful because of its people.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
AI isn’t the harbinger of bleak youth unemployment—it is quite the opposite.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Everyone—including Johnson—had assumed he would seek a second full term as president, but he knew now his chances of reelection were bleak.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Vocabulary lists containing bleak
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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