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Noun
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How multiple languages fail in the face of war and oppression.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026 -
We are all born free; taking away someone’s autonomy is an act of oppression.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Noun
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But Mizrachi sees potential for Pensacola in some of the same forces that are luring Jews to Boca and Aventure — including unhappiness among New Yorkers with the city’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Nazarian also discussed the importance of addressing the psychological component of plastic surgery, noting that no procedure will fix underlying unhappiness.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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His reputation, as captured by obituaries in the Guardian and the Times of London, is one of genteel melancholy and precise social observation.—
Charlie Tyson,
Harpers Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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Still, the achievement carried a touch of melancholy for Lovell.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Riley has spent the majority of the past two decades attempting to distance himself from his book-selling mantra of championship or misery.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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The misery wrought by insurgents in largely ungoverned spaces will push people to flee.—
Ulf Laessing,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The obituaries, social media posts, and GoFundMe pages capture the utter despair of the families, though none of them reckon with the decision not to get the vitamin K shot.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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The obituaries, social media posts and GoFundMe pages capture the utter despair of the families, though none of them reckon with the decision not to get the vitamin K shot.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
6 May 2026
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After weeks of suffering, the strain starts to fracture her relationships with family, friends and colleagues.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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Victor, who somehow survived, was in the truck’s cab suffering seizures from chemical burns.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Valentine’s Day is like a sweet little respite from February dreariness.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Channeling ’90s slowcore and post-rock into gorgeously brooding odes to dejection, the Chicago quartet’s debut is downer music at its most alluring.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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Inside the visiting locker room at Frost Bank Center on Thursday night, there was no sense of dejection from the Detroit Pistons.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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