lonely
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A manager's life can still be a lonely place, but thankfully the help available is on a different level to where it was at the start of my career.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
These are the ghosts of people who died in violent or tragic circumstances - those who were murdered, killed themselves, or simply were lonely and died alone.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel about a lifelike robot who’s purchased to be a lonely teenager’s friend, filmmaker Taika Waititi continues down the saccharine path he has traveled since 2019’s Oscar-winning “Jojo Rabbit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
But what’s irrefutable is that she knows how lonely it is not to be able to communicate the world inside her head, and how painful it is not to understand others the same way.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
It struck me that she was probably a little lonely herself.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Naomi, 30, from Pembrokeshire, has spent more than a decade navigating non-monogamous relationships and said having a very good calendar is key and, ironically, the reality is far lonelier than people might expect.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
And yet, we are also lonelier than ever, especially younger generations who are even more likely to be on their digital devices for longer periods of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
That stance is getting lonelier as hard- drive stocks continue their ascent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls this the most isolated generation, with young American men significantly lonelier than peers in other countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder and lonelier than ever.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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One problem with all these efforts to mitigate old-age loneliness, Schiller notes, is that the loneliest generation is actually Gen Z. And the loneliness surveys themselves, she suggests, may be suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Gen Z, it turns out, is the loneliest generation of them all, according to the 2025 Cigna Group report “Loneliness in America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room.”
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
Mike Alfred had become convinced by 2021 that he was on to a great idea: building huge data centers for bitcoin mining in some of the loneliest spots in Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Ken O’Donnell, Kennedy’s appointment secretary, said, “He must be the loneliest man in the world tonight.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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