gloom and doom
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It wasn’t all gloom and doom at the start of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
Notably, the largest gains occurred after participants read facts about the negative impacts of climate change -- a "gloom and doom" style of messaging.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024
And then when it doesn’t, then everyone rings the death knell, and they preach gloom and doom.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023
It seems as if every bit of good news from the past year has been qualified with gloom and doom:
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023
Released from the gloom and doom for a few moments!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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