sad
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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
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
"Nan is sad and devastated really and had enjoyed living independently especially," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I’ll be forever grateful for that. I’m deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering. My heart aches for him, his family, and everyone who loved him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
His eyes are big and sad as they meet mine.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
"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
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
"Nothing can make me sadder, or diminish my value more than losing my dad, one of my best mates and the rock of our family."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
He had never been sadder in his life, but he couldn’t go into the sea anymore.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Also read: Running out of money is not the saddest retirement mistake you can make.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anton Du Beke, who was her partner on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, said he was devastated by her death, which he called 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
“I am the saddest of wives, Horatio, for my husband loves me not.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
