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• s  offering little or no hope
  prospects were bleak
  Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge
• s  providing no shelter or sustenance
  the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
• s  unpleasantly cold and damp
  bleak winds of the North Atlantic

• Hey, America, who's up for a bleak buddy dramedy about drug dealing and mortality? This drama in which a chemistry teacher (Bryan Cranston) gets terminal cancer and pairs up .
• All share Half-Life 2's bleak, unsettling vision of a planet Earth devastated and defeated and picked over by horrific invading aliens, rendered by a beautiful physics engine and .
• The Winograd Commission spelled it out in bleak terms in its report on Israel's failures during the 34-day war.

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• desolate
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• cutting
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News & Articles

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• Checovich, Lindonen prevail in New Hampshire Heptathlon.
  Things looked bleak for Winnacunnet of Hampton's Emma Checovich at Sunday's 37th New Hampshire Heptathlon. Checovich, a junior, was in third place with only the 800-meter run remaining, and that was an event she had never competed in during her track and field career. Somehow, Checovich mustered a fourth-place finish in the 800 that propelled her to victory at Nashua South.
  June 17, 2013 - New Hampshire Union Leader
• Job Prospects are Dim: China
  Job prospects for China graduates appear bleak — the latest sign of a troubled Chinese economy.
  June 17, 2013 - CNBC
• AP Interview: Bleak outlook for West Bank economy
  AP Interview: Bleak outlook for West Bank economy Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:33 pm, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians this week replaced one internationally respected, U.S.-trained economist with another in hopes of solving long ...
  June 13, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise

Quotes

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• Robert Shiller in International Herald Tribune
  Home prices across the nation and in most metro areas are significantly lower than where they were a year ago,said Yale University professor Robert Shiller, one of the index's creators. "Wherever you look, things look bleak."
• Nick Fry in The Sun
  Fry said: "The proof of the pudding will be if we are in Melbourne or not." "If we are not there then the situation is bleak. I don't think there is an instance of a team not starting the season and successfully coming in later." "We...
• Robert Gates in FOXNews
  Let me first say very clearly that our weapons are safe, secure and reliable,Gates said. "The problem is the long-term prognosis _ which I would characterize as bleak."