poor

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Brinkman noted that Tesla’s recent poor sales performance is adding to its “free-cash-flow woes” as the company plans for its most expensive year yet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Some of the reasons secretaries of state have made poor presidential candidates of late are structural.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The result was that lone inventors were less likely to achieve major breakthroughs and more likely to create particularly poor inventions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Glioblastoma has a poor outlook, with survival often measured in months.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

We were going to see one of the many poor families in the neighborhood whom Mama had adopted.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom