unrequited
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Eyes tear up when unrequited love leads to isolation or forbidden love leads to death.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
This is something far more daffy and useless: The brouhaha over unrequited affections between Seattle Mariners at the World Baseball Classic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
If you feel feelings and it’s unrequited, it feels like an attack on you or makes you feel unwanted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
But Garland quickly returns when Platt pairs two songs that grapple in different ways with the situation of unrequited love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
That and the fact that my extreme like for her is clearly unrequited.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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