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The merger effort had dismayed investors, who sent Netflix shares tumbling as much as 30%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

But a stint as the Mariners’ union rep during the 1981 players strike had dismayed him.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

Ahmed Abdulkarim, a Sudanese who works with an NGO helping refugees and has applied three times for the diversity visa, said the ruling had dismayed many family members and friends.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020

His 'no comment' to that question had dismayed his former friend Betsy Andreu, who has always maintained the incident happened.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2015

For the rains and floods had dismayed them, and they thought the waters would have swept them away, and that the hand of God was against them, and therefore they turned back.

From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert