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In a concert landscape marked by cash-grab reunions and mirthless anniversary celebrations, Rage — as it did during its heyday — stood above the rest and proved to be as ferocious and felicitous as ever.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

Standing above the ruin, Goss gave a short and mirthless laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2021

The scene couldn’t have been any further from the mirthless, empty arena where the Lightning won the Cup last September in a quarantined bubble across the continent in Edmonton, Alberta.

From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Her Eunice — who has to vie with Judy and, by proxy, Streisand, poor thing — could have been a mirthless disaster, yet another sexist cliché, the woman scorned, blah blah blah.

From New York Times • May 19, 2020

They left with mirthless smiles which implied that I would soon know what was wrong.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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