woebegone
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Ms. Duleba-Kasza’s Ola is a woebegone delight; one can sense the psychic miles Marcin has run up on her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Alternately woebegone and hopeful, his star-studded “Lovin’ of the Game,” out Friday, is an ecstatic document of what the fiddle has meant to his story — and what he hopes to mean to its history.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Kansas City instead marched methodically down field only to twice settle for field goals, leaving the woebegone Rams surprisingly within 13-3 lead at intermission.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
Williams put together perhaps the most woebegone effort of his college career, finishing 16 for 36 for 180 yards and a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2022
I glanced at David, woebegone as always, but I knew he wasn’t sad at leaving Mr. Hull or at leaving China.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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