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also loury
as in lowering
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Adjective
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No country, state or city can continue to spend beyond its means without eventual negative repercussions.—
Eric J. Gertler,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025 -
There has been quite a bit of negative activity around libraries, specifically around organized groups, introducing legislation to limit people’s access to materials in library collections.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The two are later reunited in the forest, where Jonathan helps open Snow White’s eyes to the plight of ordinary people under oppressive rule.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Cryptocurrency mixers can be essential tools for individuals who value privacy, including those living under oppressive regimes, journalists, whistleblowers, and businesses that require confidentiality in their transactions.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Until Henry momentarily excuses himself from the table, that is, and the person or persons behind these winky-wink messages tell her to poison Henry ASAP or the menacing guy currently hiding in her apartment will kill her boy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras, wrestling as Ivan Koloff, became synonymous with the menacing Soviet villain.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The problematic comparison is that the United centre-back Harry Maguire was more threatening in his eight minutes on the pitch than Garnacho — or Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee for that matter.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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This legislation made its way through Congress back then in part because there was societal acceptance of the false belief that the Chinese were immutably immoral and threatening.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In April, 2004, Phish played a series of exceptionally grim shows in Las Vegas.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Through various scenarios, viewers select actions to be performed by Stefan, many of which led to grim results — including for Poulter's character.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The collection also includes modular ribbed halters and tanks, featuring ombre effects transitioning between black, drab and white.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Her white dress and defiant smile stand out in a crowd of drab grayscale suits and uniforms.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His longtime friend Bernie, slight, dour, and prone to terse stabs at gallows humor, was the deal-maker.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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The firm blamed the dour outlook for airline stocks on declining consumer and corporate confidence along with fears about tariffs.—
Kevin Williams,
Quartz,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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