lonely
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"When I was sad or lonely, everything would be cured when I drew pictures," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
It can be very cold and lonely and hard out here if you choose to be a jazz musician.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The film depicted a sailor who was below deck, tasked with watching machines in an enclosed, lonely room while the war against the enemy raged outside.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
This one is focused on how lonely many of us are despite being constantly connected with everyone in our lives through our phones, and proposes a way to change it.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Alone and lonely in life, Clare knew for certain: He would so be in death.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
But over the last decade it’s become even lonelier, with algorithms and vertical video platforms like TikTok siloing users into consumption over interaction.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Places built around private convenience look lonelier than places where daily routines force people to bump into one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
And yet, we are also lonelier than ever, especially younger generations who are even more likely to be on their digital devices for longer periods of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
That stance is getting lonelier as hard- drive stocks continue their ascent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
It seemed a lonelier sound than usual, as if it were echoing around an empty home.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room,” Rausch observes in recognizing the sensitivity of a fellow introvert.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Dubbed Britain's loneliest sheep, it was rescued and made the long trip south to a farm park just outside Dumfries.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Mike Alfred had become convinced by 2021 that he was on to a great idea: building huge data centers for bitcoin mining in some of the loneliest spots in Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
“L.A. is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities,” it reads, echoing a common critique of one of the world’s most misunderstood urban areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
Of all the places he had been this was the loneliest town of all.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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