grief
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"Grief is brutal. Every day is affected and you have to get through each day. You've got kids who need you. You have to just take it literally one day at a time."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Grief looks different for everyone but there are common patterns, believes Sadie James, from the Sandy Bear bereavement charity.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Grief “is not linear,” Shiffrin wrote in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Grief, Ramirez writes, is not so different from memory: “Both endure across the entire lifespan, forever changing us, helping us to decide what matters most.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
He knew the answer, though- For twelve days now the ship had floated becalmed in the Gulf of Grief.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing grief
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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