live happily ever after
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“The Scarlet Flower” ends with a young couple moving past a dark curse to live happily ever after.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"There's a perception that once a child's adopted, they'll live happily ever after, and there is no platform to complain or to even have your voice," Mina says.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
The figure they can sell their U.S. house at a big profit, rent abroad and live happily ever after.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025
You, whoever you are, live happily ever after: safe and loved.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2022
Did the knight and the fair maiden really not live happily ever after?
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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