sad
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Our daughter said she’d be sad if we sold.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Simonsen said the discovery of the nurdles had made her "really sad" considering the "pristine" nature of the Wadden Sea.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The classifieds-like posts open candidly: “This is going to seem sad, but I really need to find some friends” or “I’m tired of being lonely.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I feel sad and disappointed," restaurant-owner Maria Fernanda Perez told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
There was a sad flap of white and her mast and sails sank out of sight.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
"We were able to find the body; some people couldn't. And that seems even sadder to me," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
"They'd really smashed it live the year before... And then of course it became legendary for various rather sadder reasons."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The old Nigerian-prince emails promised a fortune; the modern romance scam asks for something smaller and sadder: the money to fix a flat tire, the cost of a plane ticket forever about to be booked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
It’s also well cast, with the appealing Blyth always in control of the undercurrents, especially alongside the excellent Tovey, playing a sadder, wiser closetedness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
“Mi niña, mi niña,” she says in her sad voice that is sadder than ever.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
The best documented and maybe saddest story is that of a bear named “Monarch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Opinion: Running out of money is not the saddest retirement mistake you can make.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anton Du Beke, who was her partner on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, said he was devastated by her death, which he called the "saddest of news".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mr. Adams also proved to be the right composer to memorialize America’s saddest day: Sept. 11, 2001, when the nation was brought virtually to its knees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“She’s gone,” Candy said in the saddest of voices.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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