lonely
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“I was never lonely, but I missed her every day,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
For instance, people who felt lonely may have sought out more interaction, even when those encounters did not provide the support they needed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
There’s a quiet comfort in knowing your neighbors, especially in a sprawling, sometimes lonely city like Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Eighty-one percent of lonely adults also reported anxiety or depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It wasn’t what I’d have imagined as a boy: a castle on a lonely cliff, scholars in robes rushing down stone stairways with heavy books.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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
Researchers, doctors and even Netflix have told us we’re lonelier than ever.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2025
It’s”—she lets herself look at me—“it’s getting lonelier and lonelier without you, Jimmy” “I know,” I say.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room,” Rausch observes in recognizing the sensitivity of a fellow introvert.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Gen Z, it turns out, is the loneliest generation of them all, according to the 2025 Cigna Group report “Loneliness in America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
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
But by some measures, people in their 20s are the loneliest group in Britain.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Even though some of my friends had come to the new school as well, sometimes it felt like the loneliest place in the world.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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