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
This year’s festival opened Tuesday under gray skies, as if nature itself were mirroring all the gloom and doom.
From New York Times • May 18, 2024
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
My letters home were lame, but they did not add to the general gloom and doom around the house.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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