as in Cassandras
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst
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But given the dismal prognostication record of climate doomsayers — wasn’t New York City supposed to be under water by now?
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Doomsayers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsayers. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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