bittersweet
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There was something bittersweet about watching him do it, although I suppose his ritual isn’t so different from mine.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
As Palestinian football officially resumed this week, his return to the stadium proved bittersweet.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
A Korean-American boy’s experience of a world unlike the urban playground of his ordinary life is recollected from the bittersweet perspective of adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He added it was "bittersweet" that it took "a celebrity having a child with SMA to get to where we are" and felt that is what it would take for change in Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
He remembered the day he had left Winterfell, all the bittersweet farewells,- Bran lying broken, Robb with snow in his hair, Arya raining kisses on him after he'd given her Needle.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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