Bleaker

NDP health critic David Shepherd said Wylie’s report underlines the United Conservative Party government’s failure to respond effectively to COVID-19 and said the future looks even bleaker given Smith’s resistance to health restrictions.

But a more recent estimate from the United States Department of Agriculture paints a bleaker picture.

He told the Daily Star "the Israel Hamas conflict, 's aggression in Ukraine, the growing alliance between North Korea and Russia along with North Korea's nuclear tests" are "interconnected pieces in a larger puzzle that might foretell a bleaker future".

It’s a bleaker story on the AM dial, the traditional home of talkback.

The horror genre certainly isn't known for being all sunshine and rainbows, but some films are undoubtedly much bleaker and psychologically troubling than others.

While the first sequel took a more approach to its horror, will have a tone more in line with the bleaker original Miles County nightmare.

For women, the stats paint an even bleaker image: women, particularly women of color, are the most likely to live in poverty and work in low-paying jobs, and are far more likely to lack access to sick leave and health care benefits.

Natural gas demand fell only 3% in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 but its future is looking bleaker, a new report from S&P Global has warned.

That may mean partial or complete paralysis below the injury and usually has a bleaker prognosis compared to a purely bone problem.

The reality is somewhat bleaker.

The spring forecast already predicts that Finland’s economic growth in 2021 (estimated at 3.7 percent) would be the weakest among the EU member states, but the new numbers are even bleaker.

While bleaker-than-bleak horror seems to be the norm these days – and there’s nothing wrong with that, as so many of these movies are wonderful – there’s room for fun horror, too.

Within days the headlines took an unambiguously bleaker turn.

But as the story lines have gotten bleaker, and more realistic, seeing the funny side of life in Litchfield has become harder.

But the landscape is bleaker when it comes to professional soccer.

In fact, there's only five other female acts (or bands that include women) in the Top 20. The outlook for racial diversity is even bleaker: Lil Nas X is the lone non-white act on the list, and he's the only openly gay artist, too.

Speaking of his diagnosis, Mrs Milbanhac said: 'On one hand, it was a relief to finally know what was happening particularly as we'd been given much bleaker possibilities before.

The pitcher’s pursuit of the award for the second time in two years is an additional story line in the wild-card chase, which got a little bleaker on Sunday night.

The recent 2019 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services study, a scathing indictment of humanity better known as the IPBES, projects an even bleaker future.

What looks like a luggage tag, with 'Jacob Birnbaum 148' scrawled in black ink across it, is something rather bleaker.