bereft
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Left bereft by defeat against Sweden in the final in Beijing four years ago, the Scottish quartet have come to dominate their sport since.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Markets elsewhere, bereft of megacap tech buoyancy, failed to keep pace.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
It seems that stuffing AI models with every scrap of knowledge leaves them spiritually bereft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Ask any MTV fans still bereft over its exaggerated demise how the latest season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” can still be airing on, yes, MTV.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
Homo sapiens long preferred to view itself as set apart from animals, an orphan bereft of family, lacking siblings or cousins, and most importantly, without parents.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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