woebegone
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In two years Curt Cignetti took a woebegone college team, with nary a five-star player, to an undefeated national championship.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
Like Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Gabriel is a bit of a woebegone misfit in a long coat who needs assistance from the humans he is supposed to be assisting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
The Vikings have the same 6-5 record but host the woebegone Bears Monday night.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023
Alternately woebegone and hopeful, his star-studded “Lovin’ of the Game,” out Friday, is an ecstatic document of what the fiddle has meant to his story — and what he hopes to mean to its history.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Mother raised her woebegone eyes to look at Arm.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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