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c'est la vie

[se la vee] / sɛ la ˈvi /


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Guillermo del Toro’s almost realized “The Rise and Fall of Jabba the Hutt” was scrapped, but the filmmaker is saying c’est la vie.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2023

The term never caught on — ut c’est la vie.

From The Verge • May 31, 2022

There was little other action on the Senate floor as the hours passed, even as the Assembly chugged along with various minor bills and a vague sense of c’est la vie.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018

Beautiful hair came at a price, but I figured a scalp dotted with blisters was mine: c’est la vie.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2017

"Rêver c'est le bonheur; attendre c'est la vie."

From Dross by Merriman, Henry Seton



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