poignant
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"Meeting Nidhi and Vik at home after the riots this week made it all the more poignant," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
And which makes the series’ regular return to a youthful Nadal so poignant.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Washington, Porter’s frequent collaborator, remembered Porter in a poignant statement on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Ultimately, reaching the Mesolithic Period has obviously become the highlight of the excavation and something that's particularly poignant to myself.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Was there some premonition, she would wonder, that made that moment so poignant, some foreknowledge that this was the last afternoon the three would ever spend together in the small cottage?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Vocabulary lists containing poignant
Grade 12, List 1
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 7
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