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also loury
as in lowering
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Adjective
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While free cash flow was still negative in Q1, it was much improved from a year ago.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Sun says the type of content consumed can often have more of a negative impact than the length of screen time usage.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Their film, created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective during oppressive times, aims to challenge the ongoing expulsion and propose a vision of equality.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Their rich odor was almost oppressive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In addition, his rhetoric toward both countries has turned increasingly hostile and menacing.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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In two separate encounters on Monday, the Israeli air force struck and killed Hezbollah militants that the military said approached its troops in a threatening way.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Apr. 2026
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Their conversation is evasive and threatening and pregnant with decades of secrets, some shared and some to be revealed over the next six hours.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The seafarer who spoke to ABC News described a grim scene currently of ships drifting with little direction, and listening on the ship-to-ship communication systems called the VHF line -- accounts of crews growing desperate for basic provisions, and some begging to go home.—
Desiree Adib,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, a grim war of attrition continues along the roughly 800-mile front line that snakes along eastern and southern areas of Ukraine.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The jolts are muted, the setpieces are drab, and the gore is all too literally kept under wraps.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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My only real issue with it is that the Varmblixt looks fairly drab when turned off.—
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy,
The Verge,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Thank heaven, then, for Terry Zwigoff’s Ghost World, which captures all the dour hijinks and cold freakery of its source text on an all-too-IRL plane.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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Javier Ignacio is both soothing and snippy as the Beast’s confidante Cogsworth, a clock, while Cameron Monroe Thomas adds vivacity to the dour castle as the feather duster Babette.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This product is the one to reach for when your skin looks dull or tired.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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Never a dull day in Frisco with the Dallas Cowboys.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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