as in despaired
to lose all hope or confidence
we must not despond even though we live in trying times
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Benjamin killed himself at the French-Spanish border in 1940, having despaired of his chances of escaping the Nazis.
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In 2014, the party despaired at the success of the Koch donor network — decades of right-wing philanthropy that paid off in the tea party movement.
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“Desponded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desponded. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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