lonely
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Watch: Why the lonely in China are hiring 'temporary children'
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow, Dodger Nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
A healthier lifestyle did not significantly reduce the additional health risks linked to feeling lonely.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
A grandson of a co-founder of Texaco, Mr. Lloyd grew up lonely and introspective on a 400-acre estate in New Canaan, Conn. His father was chilly and remote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I heard him on the phone saying stuff about “fostering their friendship” and how Hank “seems lonely since Alexander moved away.”
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Naomi, 30, from Pembrokeshire, has spent more than a decade navigating non-monogamous relationships and said having a very good calendar is key and, ironically, the reality is far lonelier than people might expect.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
People who were lonelier were both more likely to interact with AI, and more likely to anthropomorphize it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
In her essay collection “The Age of Loneliness,” Laura Marris examines quiet conditions that our society doesn’t know have been lost and how we’re lonelier for those untold vanishings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
That stance is getting lonelier as hard- drive stocks continue their ascent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
It seemed a lonelier sound than usual, as if it were echoing around an empty home.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Another, “Altars,” is a tame and ultimately bland song by Ms. Aitchison’s high standards, with a chorus—“One is not the loneliest number”—that draws on a pop cliché without interrogating or transforming it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room.”
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
"I was just in bed," Robert recalls, describing the week as the loneliest time of his life.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
“L.A. is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities,” it reads, echoing a common critique of one of the world’s most misunderstood urban areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
I felt, as I told one colleague, like the loneliest man in the world.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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