merry
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Chesterton nailed it when he said “the great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Bruno Fernandes has had an outstanding season for United, and Liverpool will need to stop the Portuguese Pied Piper from leading them a merry dance.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Corrigan told jurors he was "merry" but "not drunk".
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
And if you had that kind of a mother — or better, if you are that kind of a mother — the merry derangement O’Hara brought to her performances was soul-satisfying.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
I imagined that my mother had looked a lot like Ida with her black hair and merry smile.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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