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.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
But in their quest to make history, the guests turned into party poopers.
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The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
And in recent weeks, AI bubble pessimists have rallied around Michael Burry, the hedge-fund investor who made hundreds of millions of dollars betting against the housing market in 2008.
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Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
23 Nov. 2025
While optimistic economists argue that America can grow its way out of a debt crisis, pessimists believe the real outcome will be somewhat less popular.
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