adieu
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The polite adieu was apropos for a player some fans considered the show’s nicest ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
“We’ll bid you adieu until next time,” Harpootlian told reporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Bardot had left instructions that her funeral be conducted without fanfare or ostentation - but the people of Saint-Tropez wanted to pay her a proper adieu on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Thus, we bid adieu to the era when textbooks could be resold or passed down to siblings.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Muhammad and I have to hustle to catch up with her after we bid adieu to her friends.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
It’s worth remembering that among the unwelcome adieus, there are new beginnings, too.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The vanquished are bid gracious if wearied adieus by the populace, and the usurpers, usually known quantities, wary if peaceful welcomes.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2014
Spectral coos and exhibitionist adieus … Phlo Finister : Oakland, California.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2013
Still, such exhibitionist adieus only add to the burgeoning mystique of this former chorister and self-styled "low-key brainiac".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2013
Compressed into the very lowest vacant corner were these words—“I had not a spare moment on Tuesday, as you know, for Miss Woodhouse’s beautiful little friend. Pray make my excuses and adieus to her.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Unless something improbable should happen, these are our adieux.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018
Second, the depression that follows the adieux of any quality series whose characters and stories merge with and enhance our lives for eight or twelve weeks every year.
From Inc ● Jan. 4, 2013
Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill made a quick tour of the French Army front in the Vosges, then closed their friendliest of meetings with the friendliest adieux.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Mr. Hylan made his adieux to the City Hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
My Dear Mentor, Please make my adieux to your aunt, and exult within yourself, for ‘Lazy Laurence’ has gone to his grandpa, like the best of boys.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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