unrequited
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“I see it more as a situation of unrequited love,” said Alvin Velazquez, an associate law professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law and an expert on Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy in 2017.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
This is something far more daffy and useless: The brouhaha over unrequited affections between Seattle Mariners at the World Baseball Classic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
But Garland quickly returns when Platt pairs two songs that grapple in different ways with the situation of unrequited love.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
Lloyd quizzing Mary about the precise nature of his unrequited love.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
For a long time we went everywhere together, but aside from that, my love was unrequited until Peter crossed my path.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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