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goodbye

[good-bahy] / ˌgʊdˈbaɪ /


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The site is located at The Enchanted Place where Christopher Robin says goodbye to the animals in the books.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

For the Pessina family, they must now decide how to say goodbye to their mother.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

One brother does the firing, the other waves goodbye, cooing, “We hope we can still be friends who never speak to each other.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Audience: Kids saying goodbye to childhood and the parents watching them leave home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

With the support of his new grandparents, he allowed himself to finally start saying goodbye to Grandma, the first of many steps in a world, in a life, without her physical presence.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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