How to Use spell doom in a Sentence

spell doom

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  • None of this has to spell doom for changing the housing laws.
    Ramesh Ponnuru, Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
  • But not all agents think the new rules spell doom for their industry.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Where the very air around Tania and Azarias may spell doom for them both.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Would that spell doom for the season 35 runner-up?
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • New York — Struggling beer sales should spell doom for the world’s largest brewer.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In her first few hours there, a busted guitar string, cruel heckling and a dead car battery spell doom.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2024
  • That a wide-scale pivot to distance learning might spell doom for snow days isn’t unique to Oregon.
    oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Price increases and supply delays spell doom for new car buyers in search of great deals in spring and summer.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • And ignoring these goals would be short sighted and could spell doom for modern companies.
    Bykristine Gill, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • But a war that could spell doom for some Middle Eastern sectors may be a boon for others.
    CNN, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Heck, this buy might even spell doom for the atrocious Bethesda Launcher, and that can’t come soon enough.
    Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 21 Sep. 2020
  • High inflation when people begin voting next year could well spell doom for Democrats.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Another slow start like that could spell doom against Valor Christian.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • If those numbers hold in places like Virginia, that could spell doom for the GOP.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At Oracle, fans often broke out into a loud chants that seemed to spell doom for opponents.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Without that molecular proclivity to curl, depth can spell doom.
    science.org, 3 July 2024
  • Even on low difficulties enemies hit hard, so one wrong decision can quickly spell doom.
    Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
  • Conversely, keeping mums soggy is a sure recipe for root rot, fungus gnats, and other issues that spell doom for an indoor mum.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
  • So an extended string of losses will likely not spell doom to postseason ambitions.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Allowing the game to enter a halfcourt battle will spell doom for Washington.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2021
  • The omission of this basic preliminary step can spell doom for a relationship.
    Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Yet Biden’s fundraising collapse does not necessarily spell doom for the party.
    Brian Schwartz, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • Now researchers discover the glare might spell doom for Nemo — clownfish eggs do not hatch when exposed to nighttime light pollution.
    Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2019
  • But population growth alone doesn’t spell doom for everyone living on top of the Hayward Fault.
    J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The failure to reduce expenditures could spell doom for an increasing number of colleges.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Because early action might just produce a victory and delay would surely spell doom, in other words, the fighting could never come too soon.
    Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014
  • For a species, a tipping point can spell doom, as an environmental catastrophe pushes a population to the brink.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Running into them in a one game playoff or a short series, could spell doom for a team with championship aspirations, but the Reds have to get there first.
    Jules Posner, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • If the Panthers were to bring in a younger free agent or a draft pick, the new arrival could spell doom for Dalton’s tenure in Carolina.
    Mike Kaye february 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Being sliced by Cas doesn’t always spell doom for an RNA molecule, however.
    Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024

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