happy family
Britishnoun
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another name for grey-crowned babbler
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another name for apostle bird
Example Sentences
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"Behind all the happy family pictures are children - and adults - who've had big meltdowns," she says.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
There is an oppressive notion that anyone not in a happy family has failed at life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
I was flummoxed, in part because they read like a Mad Lib of happy family keywords, but also because the existence of “my baby” would have been news to me.
From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025
And if it hadn’t been for that spiky little virus, would we all be one happy family?
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025
On the silent TV a beautiful happy family is sitting around the kitchen table.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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