longing
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The song that touched her was Spring Day, a haunting yet hopeful 2017 release about separation and longing.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Right now in Los Angeles it’s Wes Week, with multiple tributes to the career of filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for his fastidious visual style, melancholy longing and nerd-chic aesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I understand the longing for the old, for the past, but we cannot hide in the past,” said Merz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Wall Street finally got the U.S.-Iran peace deal announcement it’s been longing for.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The minstrel drew sweet sounds from his lyre and waked in all the longing for the dance.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
“It’s very mixed. It’s heartbreaking, honestly,” said Wavell, who began processing aloud, once more, the longings of the heart, the musings of the mind, and the complexities of staying, of going, of not knowing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025
One of our most fundamental longings as social beings is to belong, especially to a community.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
And at the same time, keeping pace with these longings, our distaste for the city grew and grew and became a sweeping, pervading hatred.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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