sobering
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The performances in “The Audacity” are uniformly remarkable, with Mr. Galifianakis executing one of those sobering transformations that suggest Albert Brooks in “Drive,” or Robin Williams in “Insomnia” or even Jackie Gleason in “The Hustler.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The numbers get more sobering as one reads on.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
The words were a sobering declaration for any Fed chair, let alone one who until recently had spent his eight years avoiding public conflict with the president.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
It was a sobering reminder for Newcastle United.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
But his talk all those years later was a sobering reminder of how high the stakes had been that day whether we knew it or not.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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