Technical glitches over the past year in the flagship KG-D6 block have seen production fall, dashing hopes for bumper profits in the short term.

Loan data from U. S. credit-card issuers offered scant evidence of an imminent turnaround, dashing hopes that positive trends from a month earlier were gaining momentum.

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man; wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morning with a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea!