miserable
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Then, for a miserable stretch, several Red Line stations I frequented seemed to stop recognizing it.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 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
Her Mona, an overlooked mother-of-two in a miserable marriage, is the only person in town who wants the small role of a building super in a cornball musical called “Nosy Neighbors.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
He looked so miserable that Jonah felt obligated to cheer him up.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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