unhappy
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Mona transforms before our eyes from a diffident mother of two in an unhappy marriage into the star she always could be, though not without a few bumps in the road.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
"I'm quite unhappy with much of what OpenAI does. I am very happy that Im allowed to say 'I’m quite unhappy with much of what OpenAI does,'" Korbak wrote on September 11.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“If you talk to many Angelenos, they are unhappy with their local park, and that is because we have not funded it with the resources it needs,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Prior to this, he said she had other opportunities to raise with her union representative that she was unhappy that the union had not offered her legal services.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
All those unhappy days and nights in Plinkst might have dimmed her Swanburnian spirit, temporarily.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
A 2010 Brookings Institution paper found people were unhappier on days when gasoline rose above $3.50 and $4.00 a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
"It should really shock our collective conscience… It will haunt us. We are seeing things happening that will make the world an unhappier place far beyond the region."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025
Do companies enacting RTO mandates simply run unhappier companies?
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
Not only does this “maximizer” mentality lead to more hoarding, it can also make you unhappier.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
“You’re worshiped, and that year is over and you’re like anyone else. “We all feel that our husbands have been unhappier with ev-erything after they got out of it.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
“You are only as happy as your unhappiest child, and me? I have so many.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
The happiest young people are in Lithuania, while the unhappiest are in Afghanistan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Philippe Villeneuve, the cathedral's chief architect, described himself four years ago - after witnessing the fire - as "the unhappiest architect in the world".
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023
Their new paper, which they describe as an “adversarial collaboration,” did find a plateau, but only among the unhappiest 20% of people, and only then when they start earning over $100,000.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
“Akh! Doktor, send me now to a world without her. I am the unhappiest of men.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
