bittersweet
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Like “Babe” and “Homeward Bound” before it, the film treats its younger audience with the respect and maturity they deserve, wading into heavy thematic territory without shying away from the bittersweet realities of death.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
The widow of a former footballer who died of cancer is now pregnant with his child after a successful round of IVF in what she described as "bittersweet but beautiful news".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
It was bittersweet, but I had a huge smile on my face.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
If being a head coach in the Stanley Cup playoffs is a dream come true for Smith, a hockey lifer, it may be a bittersweet one.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
This time the ornaments were nature’s brilliant red-and-yellow necklaces of bittersweet, pungent pinecones, wine-red clusters of sumac berries, abandoned bird-bodied boats of milkweed, delicate thumb-size goblets of Queen Anne’s lace.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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