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"I'm grateful to the government for enabling 88 percent of Albanians to learn what a VPN is and how it works. Every cloud has a silver lining," she added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
The teenager said: "That's amazing news. Every cloud has a silver lining."
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
"Every cloud has a silver lining", he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2016
Every cloud has a silver lining however, with Twitter quickly coming up with the trending hashtag #ThingsBetterThanAppleLive, apparently started by @media_lad:
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2014
"Every cloud has a silver lining, apparently," said Raymond, and when Sabina returned, Ernest introduced him.
From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden
But every cloud has a silver lining, even the cloud of wildfire smoke enveloping your city or town.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
They say that every cloud has a silver lining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
That said, every cloud has a silver lining...
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 13, 2017
A useful cliché holds that every cloud has a silver lining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2015
In short, although Stephen remarked that every cloud has a silver lining, a proverb which, as I told him, I seemed to have heard before, in no sense could the outlook be considered bright.
From Allan and the Holy Flower by Haggard, Henry Rider
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