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sombre









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Easter celebrations are shaping up to be sombre for Christians in the Middle East.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

It's a sombre moment for Silicon Valley and the implications are global.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

There was a sombre atmosphere on the court, with the crowd applauding sympathetically as Jones limped off with a towel covering her head.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Laschet added, in a sombre opening speech: "If Europe is not competitive economically it will not, in the long-term, have the financial basis, the technological basis, the industrial basis to guarantee its security."

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Beyond it were slopes covered with sombre trees like dark clouds, but all about them lay a tumbled heathland, grown with ling and broom and cornel, and other shrubs that they did not know.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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