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sadness

[sad-nis] / ˈsæd nɪs /


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"It is with deep sadness that my family and I announce the passing of my husband, Charlie Dalin, following a long illness," his wife Perrine Le Pape said in a message to AFP on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life," they said in a statement sent to AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In a letter sent to party leader Jon Burrows on Sunday, Beattie said it was with "genuine sadness" that he was tendering his resignation with immediate effect.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Their reconciliation seems to owe to their sadness about the state of the world—discontents such as the artificial-intelligence revolution and the Gaza war trouble the background—and their nostalgia for the shared fancies of childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

I can feel waves of sadness from the cow, and I expect her to push back even more.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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