mixed feelings
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Another Tehran resident said there were mixed feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
"It's mixed feelings," Fartach Razmjoo told AFP at a gathering in Canada's largest city Toronto.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Spanning 50 years and running nearly three hours, “Kokuho,” which has become Japan’s biggest live-action hit ever, evinces intensely mixed feelings about its two main characters’ quest for greatness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
The fans we spoke to have mixed feelings.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
His mother had mixed feelings, because now no one would move out for at least a year, to make sure their immunity would become permanent once Rowan received his scythe’s ring—if he got the ring.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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