It was an otherworldly place: bleak, windswept, and with a landscape dominated by active volcanoes.
Part of the appeal of the often-bleak Maumturks is in their wild, unchanging isolation.
The trees, however, were bare, creating dark, bleak silhouettes against an anaemic winter sky.
Sir Michael told a conference that previous reports had painted a "bleak picture of underperformance".
Although the outlook for an Israeli Palestinian cease-fire seems bleak, there are about 50 Israelis here.
If the prospects seem bleak for savers, there is at least some good news.
Saddled with pricey real estate and inventory, many retail chains face a bleak future.
They own the most titles in league history, but their present outlook is extremely bleak.
When Schlunk compared law graduates to their undergraduate-degree-only academic peers, the results were bleak.
And we're not talking about sweeping, awe-inspiring forests: This region is bleak, even in summertime.
When Devin was diagnosed, the cause of progeria was unknown and the prognosis was bleak.
On the face of it, the central bank's latest policy change should improve this bleak picture.
The film is set in a bleak, gossip-ridden Northern Irish town in the early sixties.
This outcome was the one GOP bright spot in an otherwise bleak electoral landscape.
Profits may be there, but everyone seems to agree the future just looks too bleak.
The ones that do are thriving, even when the outlook for the global economy looks bleak.
If such hawkish views prevail in Ankara, the prospects for a Cyprus settlement are bleak.
Critelli insists the bleak outlook for snail mail doesn't mean Pitney Bowes can't spurt ahead.
It is against this bleak background that the leadership contenders' words should be judged.
His bleak depiction of life fighting in the trenches grew in popularity after his death.
When the news is bleak, when times are grim, what do we need from a leader?
The award from the charity came with a first edition of Charles Dickens' Bleak House.
If magazines compete as containers of editorially aggregated content then the future is pretty bleak.
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Banks are reluctant to revive lending in any big way because of the bleak economic prospects.
Just how bleak was sketched out by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in spring.
This makes them a compelling buy even if the outlook for earnings growth is bleak.
Faced with this bleak landscape, Muilenburg put in place a four-part strategy to stabilize revenues.
Yet against a rather bleak backdrop, there is everything to play for in this election.
Second, the prospects for political change in Belarus may not be as bleak as some believe.
The recitation of those events, as heard by the court, has proved unrelievedly bleak.
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