See happily ever after on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1994 May 25, [Karen] Shepherd, “Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 103d Congress, Second Session (United States House of Representatives), volume 140, part 7, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11905, column 1:",
"text": "In the real world, there are no happily ever afters, no storybook endings. We must always fight intolerance and fanaticism.",
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"ref": "2006 January 9, David J. Jefferson, “An Incredible Marriage? Disney and Pixar’s CEO Steve Jobs Talk of Joining Forces”, in Newsweek, volume CXVII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:",
"text": "Disney CEO Robert Iger believes in happily-ever-afters. For two years, Disney's relationship with Pixar Animation Studios—creator of such blockbusters as \"Finding Nemo\" and \"Toy Story\"—was on the rocks, soured by an epic battle of wills between former Disney chief Michael Eisner and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. But when Iger took over last year, he was determined to kiss and make up.",
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"ref": "2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2022-07-05:",
"text": "The couple’s romance, captured with intimate closeups and accompanied by a jaunty Europop soundtrack, is rapturous. But Martin’s increasingly provocative ideas throw a wrench in Elena’s dreams of a happily-ever-after.",
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"ref": "2020 November 6, Kyle Thomas, “Your Cosmic Love Triangle, by Zodiac Sign”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-15:",
"text": "As a water sign, Cancers are deeply sensitive. They long to give and receive love, and they frequently find themselves always fantasizing about their \"happily-ever-after.\"",
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"ref": "1881 April, Charles Grant, “The Fairyland of [William] Shakespeare”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume CCL, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 427:",
"text": "[E]xcept in our dreamiest moods, we scornfully reject the slightest hint of witchery, and yet find no difficulty in believing that the hero and heroine of the last new novel \"married and lived happily ever after\" the conclusion of the third volume, without the help of any fairy godmother.",
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"ref": "1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “A Long-expected party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published September 1973, →ISBN, page 58:",
"text": "I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.",
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"ref": "2014 August 19, Rick Riordan, “You Gotta Love Aphrodite”, in Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, New York, N.Y.: Disney Hyperion Books, →ISBN, page 206:",
"text": "After Pygmalion came back to consciousness, he proposed to his perfect woman. They got married, had a few kids, and lived happily ever after. The weird thing, though? The stories don't even tell us what the ivory girl's name was.",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "এবং তারা পরে সুখে বসবাস করে"
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"word": "und sie lebten glücklich bis ans Ende ihrer Tage"
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"word": "und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "અને તેઓ બધા પછી સુખી રહેતા હતા"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "בְּאוֹשֶׁר וָעוֹשֶׁר עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה"
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"word": "उसके बाद वे ख़ुशी ख़ुशी रहने लगे"
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"word": "és boldogan éltek, míg meg nem haltak"
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"word": "Og þau lifðu hamingjusöm til æviloka"
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"word": "agus bhí siad go léir ina gcónaí go sona sásta riamh"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "e vissero per sempre felici e contenti"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
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"roman": "geudeureun haengbokhage orae orae saratdamnida",
"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "그들은 행복하게 오래 오래 살았답니다"
},
{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "un viņi dzīvoja ilgi un laimīgi"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "ir jie gyveno ilgai ir laimingai"
},
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "og så levde de lykkelig alle sine dager"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "og er de ikke døde, så lever de ennå"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "i żyli długo i szczęśliwie"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
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"roman": "i žili oní dólgo i sčastlivo",
"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "и жили они́ до́лго и счастливо"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
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"word": "и живјели су дуго и сретно"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
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"word": "и живели су срећно до краја живота"
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"code": "sh",
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"word": "i živjeli su dugo i sretno"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "in živeli so srečno do konca svojih dni"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "Y colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "Y vivieron felices por siempre jamás"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "Y vivieron felices el resto de sus días"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "och så levde de lyckliga i alla sina dagar"
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"roman": "avarkaḷ makiḻcciyuṭaṉ vāḻntārkaḷ",
"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "அவர்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் வாழ்ந்தார்கள்"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "ve hayatlarının sonuna kadar mutlu yaşadılar"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
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"roman": "us ke bād ve xuśī xuśī rahne lage",
"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "اس کے بعد وہ خوشی خوشی رہنے لگے"
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"sense": "in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives",
"word": "ac roeddent i gyd yn byw'n hapus byth wedyn"
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"ref": "1994 May 25, [Karen] Shepherd, “Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 103d Congress, Second Session (United States House of Representatives), volume 140, part 7, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11905, column 1:",
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"ref": "2006 January 9, David J. Jefferson, “An Incredible Marriage? Disney and Pixar’s CEO Steve Jobs Talk of Joining Forces”, in Newsweek, volume CXVII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:",
"text": "Disney CEO Robert Iger believes in happily-ever-afters. For two years, Disney's relationship with Pixar Animation Studios—creator of such blockbusters as \"Finding Nemo\" and \"Toy Story\"—was on the rocks, soured by an epic battle of wills between former Disney chief Michael Eisner and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. But when Iger took over last year, he was determined to kiss and make up.",
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"ref": "2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2022-07-05:",
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"ref": "2020 November 6, Kyle Thomas, “Your Cosmic Love Triangle, by Zodiac Sign”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-15:",
"text": "As a water sign, Cancers are deeply sensitive. They long to give and receive love, and they frequently find themselves always fantasizing about their \"happily-ever-after.\"",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "story, or a conclusion to a story, in which all the loose ends of the plot are tied up, and all the main characters are left in a state of contentment or happiness",
"word": "onnellinen loppu"
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