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also loury
as in lowering
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Adjective
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Layering tragedy atop tragedy One of the immediate negative effects of the Marshall Fire was substantial price gouging, which further compounded issues for affected renters such as Christina Eisert.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025 -
That may only trigger the negative tipping processes.—
Andy Extance,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Jimmy Garoppolo profited from exposure to 49ers’ system The Commanders, thankfully shorn of the oppressive incompetence of former owner Daniel Snyder, were remade in a year by G.M. Adam Peters and coach Dan Quinn.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The book, taking the form of a fable told in short, single paragraphs, scattershot swatches of wisdom, aphorisms and illustrations, has long been a manual for how to practice togetherness in the face of extreme, oppressive opposition.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
20 Jan. 2025
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That inter-zone between the two is where Lynch lived his entire professional life: in his paintings and writings, shorts and TV shows, and even his daily online weather reports, which somehow took on both a boyish and a menacing quality.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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The first of them holds all of the story’s promise, as a tense prologue introduces us to a pre-teen kid named Blake, whose military-like father (Sam Jaeger, all menacing toxic machismo) is hell-bent upon teaching his son how to survive the world on his own.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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After receiving yet another threatening call that evening, the pastor’s resolve crumbled.—
John Blake,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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With a threatening presence, Duris makes for a sinister villain.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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What remains unchanged, though, is the grim reality that in healthcare, poorer care still often translates to higher revenue.—
Renee Hsia,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to the air pollution caused in large part by fossil fuels, 7 million people around the world die early each year, and that grim tally includes hundreds of thousands of Americans.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On Saturday, it was loosely attended under a drab D.C. drizzle.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Paris Hilton Kitchen Tool Crock with Silicone Cooking Utensils Leave it to none other than Paris Hilton to give drab kitchen utensils a glamorous spin.—
Melissa Epifano,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Snyder's dour depiction of Superman sparked mixed reactions among critics and fans, and subsequent DC movies generally struggled to compete with Marvel at the box office.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
19 Dec. 2024
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Target lost more than a fifth of its value after the retailer gave a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Nov. 2024
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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If your hair is dull and prone to breakage, this serum is packed with gluco-peptides and wheat protein to help restore elasticity and strengthening the cuticle.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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