singing the blues
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But those blue bloods are now singing the blues after falling in the quarterfinals.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026
On Sunday, it had three of golf’s best singing the blues.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
This year’s business meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, held in New Orleans, left one famous Baptist pastor singing the blues.
From Washington Times • Jun. 19, 2023
Without him, the oddly leaden “A Beautiful Noise” would really be singing the blues.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022
A jam-packed four-thirty a.m. crowd at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack or Dickie Wells’ might have such jam- session entertainment as Hazel Scott playing the piano for Billie Holiday singing the blues.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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