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Thursday night was a gruesome scene, cloaked in finery and artistry, and what an appropriate, mirthless lasting impression of Beijing 2022.

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2022

Standing above the ruin, Goss gave a short and mirthless laugh.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2021

The scene couldn’t have been any further from the mirthless, empty arena where the Lightning won the Cup last September in a quarantined bubble across the continent in Edmonton, Alberta.

From Washington Times Jul. 7, 2021

Her Eunice — who has to vie with Judy and, by proxy, Streisand, poor thing — could have been a mirthless disaster, yet another sexist cliché, the woman scorned, blah blah blah.

From New York Times May 19, 2020

The expression tugged at my lips, taut and mirthless.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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