the dumps
Example Sentences
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Consumers—long the engine of the U.S. economy—feel solidly in the dumps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Shares of gold miners have been in the dumps this month, as investors have expressed fears over how the Iran war will tarnish the value of the precious metal.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
One very exciting year later, all of that is back in the dumps.
From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026
Before this, their stocks were in the dumps because of a slowdown in oil drilling.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
It was the one not fabulous section in Brandywine, a narrow valley of older apartment houses between the dumps and the highway that bordered the next school district.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
