as in despaired
to lose all hope or confidence
we must not despond even though we live in trying times
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In her interview, Guthrie also despaired over the possibility that her fame could have made her mother a target for kidnappers, Page Six also reported.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026 -
The Herald’s competitors despaired of ever competing with that paper’s speedy acquisition of news, and one, the Journal of Commerce, eventually gave up and created a cooperative agreement with the Herald that would become instrumental in the creation of the Associated Press.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Desponded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desponded. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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