miserable
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The unsettling thing about the Axiom isn’t that its passengers are miserable.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
I sent a long audio note to Muse about an upcoming trip to Switzerland, asking for the least miserable flight path, child-care options and kid-friendly activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
And the soundtrack to this autumn might prove to be downright miserable.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
And even though Jack had tried to make it funny, she felt more lonely and miserable than she ever had before.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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