goodbye
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He hopes his mother will arrive in time to say goodbye.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
We must look like the type of couple that would inspire envy, not one in the process of saying goodbye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In another painting of soldiers departing, a woman sits stoically in a train station—she seems to either have just said goodbye or is preparing to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Catholic service, conducted in Armenian, was open-casket, allowing mourners a final chance to say goodbye as they filed by the altar at the conclusion of the ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ten minutes later my dad honks the horn and I hug Rue goodbye.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Relatives crouched on the floor to say their final goodbyes to loved ones, kissing the faces of the dead between sobs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
McCall said his goodbyes to the StoneX Stadium after last Saturday's win over Harlequins.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
By the end of the second season, Slot was sat alone in the dugout watching Salah and Robertson say their own goodbyes.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
People munched on cheese cubes and cheesecake bites or fanned themselves in the shade, watching on big screen televisions as the old guard said their goodbyes inside the council chambers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
We made plans for Lettie and Ruthanne to come back the next morning and said our goodbyes.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
