sad
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The move came off to me as someone losing herself in happiness so she didn’t have to think about the sad reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Of course we are sad," added the 35-year-old Shiraz native.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
There’s something bleakly comical about it: The sleek, rebranded Clippers, re-sentenced to roam the earth as the sad, old Clippers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
But if we assume the numbers are absolutely perfect, should we be happy or sad?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Oh! You poor thing! Nothing sad should ever happen to you again.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"We were able to find the body; some people couldn't. And that seems even sadder to me," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Just 50 miles from the thriving Somerset grapevines, Phil Collins shows me a much sadder sight.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He’s a symptom of something older, sadder and far less widespread than the headlines suggest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
They’re meant to be heartwarming, I know — “Look at these two, who met in the nursing home when their wheelchairs collided coming out of the bingo game!” — but they just make me sadder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
He bites his lip and his Noise gets even sadder.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Now, Kroenke will try to put his magic touch on one of the saddest franchises around: the Los Angeles Angels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Anton Du Beke, who was her partner on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, said he was devastated , which he called the "saddest of news".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Opinion: Running out of money is not the saddest retirement mistake you can make.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I’ve been going back and forth on what the saddest song on the record is, but I think this one might be it,” Rodrigo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
“The saddest part is that they sent you to live with the Pottses’ daughter, and even if you had wanted to, you couldn’t have confided in her.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
