lonesome
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And sometimes life is lonesome on the road.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
This presents Fed Chair Kevin Warsh with a rather inconvenient truth—if he is still advocating for rate cuts, as in his Senate testimony last month, he may be a lonesome dove.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“We’ve done a few things with those kinds of lonesome, filthy men,” Woliner says with a laugh.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
One such scene in the premiere smash cuts between a lonesome Chris sulking by himself at home.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2025
“I say, I wish I’d got a bride of three months waiting for me at home! I’m a poor lonesome bachelor.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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