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miserable

[miz-er-uh-buhl, miz-ruh-] / ˈmɪz ər ə bəl, ˈmɪz rə- /




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The Magnificent Seven has quickly become the Miserable Seven for investors this year.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

David Kushner, who has nearly 16 million monthly listeners on Spotify, shot to fame when his song Miserable Man went viral on TikTok in 2022.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Instead of “fixing” flying as the author of “Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It” describes, there’s a better way: Stay home!

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

There are few recent book titles that pack the immediate resonance of legal scholar and Vanderbilt law professor Ganesh Sitaraman's "Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It."

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2023

Miserable rotten crud by the name of Tyler Croft.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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