sobering
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Buschatzke called such large mandatory cuts a sobering possibility for Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
"The implications are really sobering as this new finding essentially places these animals in 'double jeopardy," said Dr. Payne.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
For readers enjoying their potted orchids at home, Mr. Haskell has a sobering message.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This was a sobering night for England and Tuchel.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 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
Vocabulary lists containing sobering
Song of Solomon
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