somber
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This somber gamble was the consequence of the two-pronged invasion of Poland, in September 1939, by Germany from the west and the Soviet Union from the east.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
In it, Rousseau acknowledged that it was a "somber day" for his organisation.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
In some instances he reutilizes his usual lively palette, and at others shifts into more somber tones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
For McDermott, they suggest somber ritual and were, in fact, known in Akhnaten’s Egypt.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Danny’s block was heavily populated by the followers of his father, Russian Hasidic Jews in somber garb, whose habits and frames of reference were born on the soil of the land they had abandoned.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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