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Recent Examples of unpropitious
Handing the baton to Harris at this unpropitious time for Democrats is like Napoleon’s handing off his military command to Marshal Ney to conduct the disastrous French retreat from Moscow in 1812, featuring 500,000 French casualties.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
The exhausted refugees are greeted by a functionary of the Relief Committee with the unpropitious nickname Statistics Babu.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
That will be an unpropitious setting for launching a network: if the teams are unclear on the goal, the risk of confusion is considerable.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
JoyFish sits in a strip mall in an unpropitious space that has seen several restaurants come and go.
—Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
The exhausted refugees are greeted by a functionary of the Relief Committee with the unpropitious nickname Statistics Babu.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
That will be an unpropitious setting for launching a network: if the teams are unclear on the goal, the risk of confusion is considerable.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
JoyFish sits in a strip mall in an unpropitious space that has seen several restaurants come and go.
—Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpropitious
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While many younger Americans have voiced their support for Trump post-election, the YouGov poll showed between 40 and 50 percent still held an unfavorable view of the next president, leaving him some work to do in impressing those who perhaps voted for Harris instead.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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While the country was split, with 36% having a favorable view and 27% an unfavorable view, the partisan numbers were more jarring.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
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The hype for this year’s outing was undermined by what looked to be an unpromising matchup; at 6-5, Michigan was a 20.5-point underdog heading into its road trip to No. 2 Ohio State (10-1).Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Johnson campaigned against an unpromising backdrop: nearly ten years of austerity cuts under successive Tory governments, doubts about his flamboyant character, and fratricidal division within his party over Brexit.Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2020
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That doesn’t mean Trump's opponents are facing a hopeless task.Gunther Peck / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Wedged between the cheerless skyscrapers of Third Avenue and an uncharming stretch of Second, just blocks north of the bro bars of Murray Hill, is a row of nine townhouses.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2024
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Election polls may seem cheerless, inscrutable, and wrapped in data and murky terminology.W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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A little history lesson – until collective bargaining came along for state employees in 1975, the salaries for such employees were very dismal.John A. Rasimas, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2024
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When President Biden first took office in 2021, approval rates for PSLF were dismal, hovering in the one to two percent range.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Neil Irwin Dec 6, 2024 - Economy Democrats are gloomy about the economy, and Republicans are optimistic People's politics increasingly shape their views about the economy.Dave Lawler, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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The gloomy job market has been one of the key reasons stopping people from spending more.Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 26 Dec. 2024
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But here’s the thing: facing mortality doesn't have to be a morbid affair.Kimberly Harms, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Murdering an infant, she’s imprisoned and allowed to ask forgiveness before her execution, her corpse, like other women in her situation, torn asunder by the morbid masses.Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
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The hot pink used here pops off the gray cabinetry and brings cheer to dreary winter days.Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
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Although the city experiences polar night, a time of darkness when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for two months of the year, its residents didn't tend to perceive the long winter as dreary.Bria Suggs, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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