wistful
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Mark Zuckerberg was just three minutes into his keynote speech at the company's annual Meta Connect product event last month when his tone turned almost wistful.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Back then, they were “a fount of car games, sing-alongs, impassioned debates, and wistful dreaming-out-loud.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The “stuff” being a body of work angled toward wistful ruminations on familial heritage, the search for brotherhood and “the question of what to do with all the sorrow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
On the new release, 20 years later, Ms. Salvant’s version relates the song’s wistful focus on timing, regret and irony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Joan grew wistful "You'll come visit me, won't you, Esther?"
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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