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unhappily





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Even being unhappily married, I was still part of the club.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

“Everyone thought they were getting these accelerated deductions and now they are unhappily discovering that maybe they aren’t.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

For readers familiar with Sir Salman's Midnight's Children, for which he won the Booker Prize, this upcoming work revisits the Bombay neighbourhood of that book, where "a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire".

From BBC Mar. 27, 2025

Vance wouldn't even apologize to the unhappily infertile.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

This assortment scrabbled unhappily against the tin of the lunch bucket.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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