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consoling

[kuhn-soh-ling] / kənˈsoʊ lɪŋ /






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Consoling a grieving woman outside a Shanghai funeral home.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Consoling narratives must be patched together from transient fragments of experience.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2017

Consoling tales about defeating nazism remain perennially popular, but darker counterfactual stories have gradually been reclaiming our attention.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2017

Consoling crying, fixing boo boos, cleaning up poop was all part of the fun.

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2014

Consoling himself with this pleasing hope, they started off, and in five minutes were at Esther's door.

From Esther by Adams, Henry




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