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Other recent data has been discouraging too, with industrial profits tumbling in October in a sign of weak corporate profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The reaction from the lords of the sport has been discouraging.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023

For some artists, the industry upheaval has been discouraging.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

Linda Wells, a 61-year-old retired high school administrator in San Francisco, says that defiance has been discouraging.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

But this first week has been discouraging, and I have had to borrow enough from compartment two, cigar-box, to pay debts incurred by compartment one, cigar-box.

From Polly Oliver's Problem by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith