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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The book is a real downer .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I was off for a week which is alright, but during that week I was heavily doped on downers.
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If the Marx Brothers had made a surrealistic comedy while on downers, this would be it.
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Otherwise, this trip begins on a downer .
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She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital.
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Sure I want to play good, because the season there last year was a downer for me.
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The music, though laughable, isn't the main downer .
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Together they build an impressive wall of evidence - but their success carries a big downer .
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United won twice away last month at Bristol Rovers and Wolves, while Birmingham are on a real downer .