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Adjective
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Single bunnies can be lonely and depressed.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026 -
There was also research, which Meta eventually halted, implying that people who curbed their use of Facebook became less depressed and anxious.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Likewise, prevailing concepts of Hamlet at the time cast the prince as a wan and melancholic, leading critics to bristle at Bernhardt’s energy.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Mexicali musician brought a fresh lyrical perspective that complemented Junior’s introspective style and deepened the album’s melancholic themes, while his assertive vocal delivery helped shape its emotional depth and identity.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The 28-year-old receiver is reportedly unhappy with his situation in Philadelphia, despite winning a Super Bowl a little over a year ago.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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But there may be an answer, or at least a compromise that will satisfy those unhappy with the idea of destroying a usable building.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One of the saddest bits of it, actually!—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sister Jean would pass away at age 106 this past October, a sad metaphor for the fate of Cinderella.—
Greg Cote
Updated March 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The sick humor of an inappropriately large insect thrashing on the bed gives way to the morbid humor of the new family of three proceeding merrily with their small lives.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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These wagers seem unfair and dangerous, and bets related to the Iran war — which traded over $675 million on Polymarket — feel morbid and sordid.—
Max Raskin,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But for Bo Chen, senior research fellow from the National University of Singapore’s East Asian Institute, this sense of melancholy forms only part of the story.—
Matthew Chin,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
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Also emotional, sometimes spirited, and other times melancholy are the songs, which Cotillard lip-synced.—
Darren Franich,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Freshman Kelis Fisher and USC transfer Kayleigh Heckel have shared the court with Fudd for less than nine months since arriving at UConn, but the newcomers were inconsolable on Senior Night watching Fudd walk across the court.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Witnessing her 31-year-old son’s shock slaying has left Selena Samuel inconsolable.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Season 2’s prevailing tone is at once more serious and less sorrowful.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Fennell also cut the novel’s frame story, in which the events of the story are told by the housekeeper Nelly (played in the movie by Hong Chau) to an outside observer years after all the sorrowful drama that befouled Heathcliff and Cathy.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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