sad
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But the sad truth is that we’ve had the solution to measles for decades.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Whiley reflected on her father's childhood, stating it was "as sad as it gets".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He called the deaths a “very sad thing.”
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"It's been a long life, and a very exciting life, and a very sad life, and a very happy life," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Sadako turned away at the sad look on Kenji’s face.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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He’s a symptom of something older, sadder and far less widespread than the headlines suggest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
"Nothing can make me sadder, or diminish my value more than losing my dad, one of my best mates and the rock of our family."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
And because she is so very good, and alive, it is all the sadder to contemplate what we’ve lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
First, I’ve never been sadder to agree with you.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2024
The poor fellow’s voice had grown sadder and sadder since the beginning of the conversation, and now he definitely began to snuffle.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Also read: 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
“I’ve been going back and forth on what the saddest song on the record is, but I think this one might be it,” Rodrigo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Part-sculpted work and marble block, each has a tragic aspect to it, recalling John Greenleaf Whittier’s forlorn observation: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Maybe that’s what makes me the saddest of all.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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