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Determined to give her niece a stable upbringing, Aunt Irene unhappily but dutifully left a comfortable life in Ohio to return to her small-minded hometown in the Deep South.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

In “Grownups,” for instance, Feiffer examined the world of an unhappily married reporter for the New York Times and his neurotic Jewish family, who drive him crazy with their expectations.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2025

It was about an unhappily married couple, and was written and directed by Jolie.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2024

On an afternoon in late January, inside the unmarked door at Freedom Home, Favor was dealing unhappily with the thing that most annoyed him: in his words, “the humans.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 24, 2024

The “finger” shook his head unhappily, “I don’t know.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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