lonely

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Jenny Norton, head of BBC News Russian, says with cuts to US foreign broadcast networks and independent Russian outlets struggling for funding, the BBC's service is becoming an increasingly lonely but vital voice.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

On a deeper level, Slayyyter’s “Worst Girl in America” is the lonely girl from a small Midwestern town, one who she says craved a healthy relationship with her father— and a way out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Having no friends can make a person terribly lonely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“I moved around a lot with my dad and it was a very lonely existence,” he recalls of his youth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

I’m dark-eyed just like you, and lonely, Qasmuna wrote— and it felt like she was talking to me.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar