riddance
Example Sentences
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A Delta Air Lines flight attendant was fired after posting "good riddance" in response to Kirk's killing.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“At the end of my voicemail,” Gorka recounted, “I said, ‘Good riddance to you, Joe.’”
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Thus, to the “tyranny”—to the “dead hand”—of gold, he says good riddance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, I keep hearing the same thing: Good riddance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
If that’s the way she feels about it, she’d better keep right on going and a dam good riddance.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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