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Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2025 -
Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.—
Rachel Ng,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
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This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania, posted the clip of Sadie the dog looking crestfallen within the confines of a kennel.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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During these remarks, a television camera briefly focused on Pelosi, who slowly moved her head from side-to-side while appearing crestfallen and holding a walking stick.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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This funny, strange and fundamentally forlorn film about the city’s gentrification provided a breakout role for Jonathan Majors as a lost artistic soul.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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While the Mumbai players were jubilant, Australian cricket great Meg Lanning cut a forlorn figure after Delhi’s heart-breaking eight-run defeat.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There are a few too many glum monologues about the burden of wearing a mask.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2025
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Kyiv launched the raid in a bid to counter the unceasingly glum news from the front line, as well as draw Russian troops away from the battlefield inside Ukraine and gain a bargaining chip in any peace talks.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What are the financial markets saying about tariffs? Market observers started the day gloomy.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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But Aldrich had miscalculated and Hull had been too gloomy.—
Jesse Eisinger,
ProPublica,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Outside, a disconsolate Santa presses his forehead against the building next door.—
Liam Sherwin-Murray,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2024
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But where this Star truly shined (that was too easy) was in giving a despondent Cedrek a pep talk after his disastrous challenge performance.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Her despondent facial reaction even became a meme online.—
Lexy Perez,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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