| Pessimist's words |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2026 |
| Zero chance |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2026 |
| Total despair |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2025 |
| Nary a chance |
Newsday |
18 Jul 2025 |
| What a pessimist has |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Not a chance of seeing Bob? (2,4) |
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| Refusal for comedian Bob, say, without any chance of success? (2,4) |
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| Playing xylophone when leading trio failed to show? Fat chance! (2,4) |
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| Lack of desire or despair (2,4) |
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| The Vaccines excitedly phone about nothing (2-4) |
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| Futile |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Hencoop not about to be destroyed, there's isn't any chance of winning (2-4) |
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| Zero chance of a good result |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Pessimist's phrase |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Zero chance |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2022 |
| What goners have |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Lack of prospects |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2022 |
| What the despairing have |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Zero chance |
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| Zero chance |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Words of despair |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2021 |
| Words of despair |
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| Zero chance |
Universal |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Words of despair |
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| Desperate feeling |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Optimism opposite |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2018 |
| Optimism opposite |
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| Desperate feeling |
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| Optimism opposite |
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| Pessimist's words |
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| Pessimist's words |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2017 |
| What the despairing have |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Pessimist's words |
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| What a goner has |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Feb 2016 |
| More than discouraging words |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2016 |
| More than discouraging words |
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| Zero chance |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Not having any chance of winning |
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| Zero chance |
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| What a goner has |
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| Pessimist's phrase |
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| Total despair |
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| Pessimist's feeling |
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| Pessimist's phrase |
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| What pessimists offer |
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| Despair |
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| Words of resignation |
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| Words of resignation |
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| Nary a chance |
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| What the despairing have |
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| What the despairing have |
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| Not a chance |
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| A lack of prospects |
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| Total despair |
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| Pessimists offer it |
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| "There's ___!" (pessimist's cry) |
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| Pessimists offer it |
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| Leave __ (remove all options) |
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| Not a chance |
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| "I have ____ that he's undrown'd": "The Tempest" |
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| Total despair |
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| "He has ___ who never had a fear." |
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| Pessimist's dictum. |
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