lighthearted
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Zheng Ruizhi, 75, shares a lighthearted moment with Wang Yingwei during a home visit.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Ms. Atkinson’s lighthearted novel,” Sam Sacks writes, “mines delicious humor from this mismatch of grizzled cynicism and national heritage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“It’s my very own Stanford Prison Experiment!” she exclaims, in a typically baffling attempt at lighthearted dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”? “Hard to Handle,” it’s cheeky, it’s lighthearted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
And that was why, she realized, their conversation was always lighthearted, superficial, essentially meaningless.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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