I'm glad I have such a flexible workplace and a supervisor who understands that I'll get everything done at the end of the day although my work concentration might get broken up from time to time with cleaning up spilled cereal, reading a story that she just has to hear, and cuddling if she has a gloomy day.

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Many are on edge as they read the gloomy housing headlines day in and day out.

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On what could be a gloomy, wet day in mid-November, will large enough numbers actually vote to give these new commissioners the legitimacy they need?

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The plane landed at Heathrow Airport on a very gloomy and damp spring day.

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They stop by to cheer me up when the day is gloomy or help me celebrate an accomplishment.

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Dravid surprised many by deciding his team would bat under the lights later in the day, but they were already turned on when England began under gloomy skies on an unseasonally cold, breezy day at Hampshire's Rose Bowl.

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Yesterday the Federal Reserve got more gloomy in the statement after its two day meeting.

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The conclusion from the NIESR is supported by some gloomy official figures released earlier in the day.

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It is hard to persuade young people to get involved in the business, which is not just gloomy but also gruelling: undertakers are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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The cannibalism seems rather gloomy and low-key, but then nobody enjoys frozen food every day.

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Shares fell in the first trading day after Delphi's announcement, pushed partly by a gloomy announcement from another parts maker.

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