somberly
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On his way out, Kiffin did a Nixon on the South Lawn interview with ESPN’s SEC correspondent Marty Smith, the two of them chatting somberly as an LSU jet beckoned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Well, three weeks ago feels like a parallel universe for those somberly returning home from across the continent.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
When I first started doing this work via Streets for All in 2019, we used to somberly state that a pedestrian is killed once every three days in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
“It’s not a pretty place, and I definitely want to work very hard to avoid that as best as possible,” he said somberly.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023
He was deliberate with his measurements, somberly weighing each pale pink peel in his hand before offering it in trade.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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