woebegone
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Barker has no interest in shining some light on Nikki when keeping his woebegone protagonist in the dark is scarier.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
This woebegone era of frugality hath come to its end.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Ms. Duleba-Kasza’s Ola is a woebegone delight; one can sense the psychic miles Marcin has run up on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Why not just jump straight into the deep end?” said Karty, who is charged with remedying the Rams’ woebegone kicking of 2023 .
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024
His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Lord of the Flies
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Henry IV, Part 2
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