adieu
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She bid Paris adieu and sashayed to Las Vegas, where she starred in the Folies Bergère revue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
What pages should you keep, and which should you bid adieu?
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
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
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
Spectral coos and exhibitionist adieus … Phlo Finister : Oakland, California.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2013
Mr. Wickham’s adieus were much more affectionate than his wife’s.
From "Pride and Prejudice" 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
Couve simply stood up, bowed slightly, and murmured his adieux.
From Time Magazine Archive
They wave gay adieux as they are feted to their ships.
From Time Magazine Archive
My guests squirmed out of their squeezed-up seats behind the table and the adieux, as they should be, were short and formal.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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