Asia's mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century's end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers have said.
Meditation will give your brain a break from the stress and it will maybe even help you put things into perspective and help you realize that your situation isn't so dire after all.
Social isolation is a growing epidemic — one that's increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and emotional consequences.
The impact on offspring is usually dire.
A sheepish Sophie confirms that she is before the show's host issues the dire warning that the band will play to her every morning for the next five weeks if she is unable to get herself up in the future.
Indeed, if the RMB really is overvalued vis-a-vis the natural flows of the market, it may just be that the PBoC is betting everything on SDR inclusion to overturn the dire state of capital flows — in the hope, of course, that most people don't really understand how the SDR system works and might misinterpret it as intrinsically supportive.
It's no secret that our planet is in a pretty dire condition.
Nevertheless, the situation is more dire when it comes to parents.
No matter how dire your circumstances may appear, you can rise above them.
This time last year, the headlines were dire.
（） The dire performance of European banks becomes more evident if one takes a longer view.
When working with people, either as clients or colleagues, not being trusted can have dire consequences.
It's very quiet in the empty house and I don't have to hide the cake in a cupboard, or issue dire "Don't come into my bedroom!
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That level of warming, while potentially producing dire effects on agriculture, sea level and the natural world, might at least be tolerable, some experts believe.
There are numerous newspapers and websites to tell you how dire circumstances are, and to encourage you to just give up.
Freedom House said conditions remain "dire" in Belarus, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, which had the lowest scores of the report.
From rubbery scrambled eggs to lukewarm mashed potato, airplane meals can be dire.
Once he wrote to his family:"At the time when the country is in dire peril,I am resolved to dedicate myselt to the service of my country.
Many graduates are either unemployed or underemployed, and according to projections from the International Labor Organization, this trend will have dire repercussions.
