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Noun
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The biggest party poopers recently have been Croatia, another European nation who finished second and third at the World Cups in 2018 and 2022 respectively.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025 -
But in their quest to make history, the guests turned into party poopers.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Your relentless faultfinder—everybody has one—is quick to judge, minimize your accomplishments or demote you to an underdog.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
12 Apr. 2021
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Urban, who has committed to Wisconsin-Whitewater as kicker in football, knows all about pressure situations.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Early Wednesday morning, FSU kicker Conor McAneney was arrested on felony charges for battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence, according to jail records.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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But that decision has now been overruled after Haley and a second objector appealed it to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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One objector is Katie Brydon, a 25-year resident of Northglenn and a licensed addiction counselor.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
22 Nov. 2025
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Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Now there is a British tendency to be slightly defeatist.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The mood just feels a little defeatist right now.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The film starred Anna Chlumsky, now 44, as Vada Sultenfuss, a quirky 11-year-old girl coming of age in the summer of 1972 while also grappling with being a hypochondriac and obsessed with death.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
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When Kimberly and her family leave the New Jersey suburbs under dubious circumstances, Kimberly reevaluates her life while dealing with her hypochondriac mother, alcoholic father, scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and her first love.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Steel yourself; the pessimists will have gravitas.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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January’s 130,000 gain quieted the pessimists, proving that the labor market had found a floor.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Repiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repiner. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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