happy
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On Wednesday, Eisenkot posted a video on X wishing Netanyahu a happy 77th birthday that featured a slate of AI-generated characters including a Hamas member speaking from a tunnel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Hurzeler has a contract with the Seagulls until 2029 and says he is happy at the club.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
People are very happy, but they’re standing there like they want more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
But Brewers fans like Egan are more than happy to embrace it as a theme for their scrappy team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Even so, when I finished painting the last of the doorjambs and caulking around the new sinks and tubs that Dad and Jonah installed last weekend, I was happy to be done.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
I seem to be happier with my mustache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Such a small thing can make them much happier.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But those raises don’t necessarily lead to happier consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
People who believe they are out-earning their peers do appear to be actually happier, according to a 2024 paper circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
He tried to snap himself out of it by focusing on happier things.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Even with the health scares, David and Martha said becoming grandparents has created some of the happiest moments of their lives, and they are enjoying lavishing attention on Cedar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Porto’s also has plans to expand to the happiest place on earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
This is a skillset of someone who is happiest in the darkest corners of government—the swampiest of swamps—a realm of acronyms, white papers, and multihyphenate bureaucracies.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I think this may be the happiest moment of my life."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The weekends at Francis’s house were the happiest times.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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