wistfully
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The gravitas of ‘Task’ and ‘The Testaments’ should help their chances, though I’m wistfully rooting for the thrilling ‘Alien: Earth.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
“Girl” is the only example in this series to feature his best-known motif: a little girl reaching wistfully for a drifting balloon, Gouzer said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"I don't know what he's going to do," she says wistfully.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
At one point, he remarks wistfully that forests don’t smell the way they used to.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025
I look wistfully at the mother’s dark orange sarong and marvel at her sky blue blouse.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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