sad
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But then in 2014, there was more sad news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Tastebuds, which was conceived as a plan to escape sad office lunches, has turned into a platform for hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
After a year in New York City, Dillon Davis and Nichols Neff were fed up with “corporate slop,” the bowl-centric meals that are a staple of sad office lunches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The lyrics are sad but hopeful, a promise that broken people can find happiness.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Sadly, that wasn’t I,” said Duane, although secretly, he wasn’t that sad.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
"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
And even sadder to see globalization tossed aside like last year’s toy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
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
None of us would want to make her sadder than she already is.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
Also read: Running out of money is not the saddest retirement mistake you can make.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anton Du Beke, Widdecombe's dance partner on Strictly, said her death was the "saddest of news".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
Patel swiftly developed a talent for online provocation that would generate lots of clicks and comments, albeit from some of the saddest or weirdest people in the country.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
But at school one of his teachers had said, “Christmas is the time to think about people who are lonely. For somebody living all alone, Christmas can be the saddest time of the year.”
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
