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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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Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers has set a record with five field goals during Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Also part of that, as a kicker, was a mandate, a requirement that states have independent redistricting commissions to avoid gerrymandering.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 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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There are unanswered overtures from the choir’s pianist Horner (Robert Emms), a soft, vulnerable young man whose conscientious-objector status renders him a fellow outsider.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Oct. 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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Maybe people listen to them, but the pessimist doesn’t have followers.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The pessimist would say the school can't win.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Repiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repiner. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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