dooms
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of dooms
Example Sentences
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"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025
It fares no better on the merits, fox-trotting around an insurmountable Supreme Court precedent strictly limiting recusal that dooms the whole endeavor.
From Slate • Sep. 13, 2023
That likely dooms his chances of claiming immunity from state prosecution under the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023
Navy, where toasting with water is essentially banned, as it dooms the toaster to a watery grave.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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