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I've been down in the dumps all week
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The production, directed by Simon Godwin from a version by David Eldridge, takes a while to find itself, perhaps because Ibsen dumps exposition into an unbearably clunky first scene or because the play doesn’t introduce its heart, Hedvig, for nearly half an hour.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Volatile markets have put investment banking in the dumps, but there is a silver lining for Wall Street banks.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
The singer was quite generous with the photo dumps, sharing more images of her and Peltz's midnight look in matching silver Maison Valentino cutout minidresses.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Jan. 2023
When fires threatened the city last month, the aid group rented helicopters for water dumps.
—Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Volatile markets have put investment banking in the dumps, but there is a silver lining for Wall Street banks.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
The singer was quite generous with the photo dumps, sharing more images of her and Peltz's midnight look in matching silver Maison Valentino cutout minidresses.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Jan. 2023
When fires threatened the city last month, the aid group rented helicopters for water dumps.
—Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
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“Dumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumps. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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dumps
plural noun
: a dull gloomy state of mind : low spirits
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