sobering
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In fact, sobering statistics point to how patchy this technology can be in what it pours on the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh shared several sobering injury updates Monday in the wake of Sunday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
It just issued a new recent report on the state of American democracy and the effects of its decline on the rest of the world, and the conclusions are sobering.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The thought that all of these beautiful creatures and habitats could be compromised as superpowers slug it out for supremacy is sobering."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The loss of my tackle that morning had had a sobering effect on me.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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