silver lining
Example Sentences
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Spirit’s demise is a silver lining for the airlines it competes with.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The federal income-tax code can also offer a silver lining for people who can’t knock down their property-tax bill.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
It’s almost possible to concoct a silver lining from this dreadful situation, but only by focusing on short-term electoral politics in the most bloodless and instrumental fashion.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
But the tiniest silver lining of the path he’s taken means I have one more thing to help navigate accepting my voice: an example of what happens when someone retreats into fear and shame.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
A silver lining in the very cloudy sky that is my life right now.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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