happy
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"Going forward we want to do something special in the future. I'm very happy, proud of myself and the way the boys played. We did a lot of hard work."
From BBC β Aug. 16, 2026
“I was not happy, but that was so long ago in retrospect could we have won? I think so. Does it matter now? No.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 16, 2026
Some bars, Infante noted, are already experimenting with lower-priced cocktails and expanded happy hours after discovering there may simply be a ceiling to what customers will pay for a drink.
From Salon β Aug. 15, 2026
Here’s what else it has: genuine humor, smart writing and an ending that bravely goes for hopeful rather than happy.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 14, 2026
He seemed happy with that—I do not know why.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
I am far happier, I’ve realized, with a watch that tells an entirely unique tale.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 14, 2026
It appears that you were happier to see an invite from your New York friend who you have not seen since the pandemic, but you had a sense that something was off.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 4, 2026
"I am very, very happy, couldn't be happier with where I am training now," said Ramsay-Peaty.
From BBC β Jul. 27, 2026
If that rings a bell, it’s the Easterlin Paradox from 1974, which noted that although the rich are happier than the poor, happiness doesn’t increase as national income grows over time.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 26, 2026
Why didn’t I feel happier that he’d asked me to eat lunch with him?
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
Now he could be the Imagineer to bring the 17-time champion Lakers back to the happiest place on earth — the NBA’s mountaintop.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 12, 2026
“We also have a house in the United States, but our happiest place is on this farm where the kids can have fun,” George told RTL.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 3, 2026
“The happiest workers can engender similar emotions in their customers, but they are also better at their jobs,” said the report.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 8, 2026
As her mother explained, B.P.J. “is the happiest I have ever seen her when she is accepted for who she is and able to participate in school sports.”
From Slate β Jun. 30, 2026
“A bar or bat mitzvah is the happiest day in a Jewish kid’s life,” I tell him.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
