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grief

[greef] / grif /


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In excerpts published by the Daily Mail, the earl claimed King Charles III told him "we'll forget her soon enough", but Buckingham Palace said in a statement that fraternal grief could "colour memory".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

As chief executive, she campaigns for more support for those navigating grief.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

In it, he is expected to discuss his grief, his memories of his children and the conspiracy theories that have flooded social media since the trial began.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

The survivors carved their unspeakable grief into the landscape with the erection of thousands of war memorials.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

What she longed to do was howl with grief, long and loud.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

There are griefs other than antisemitism and racism, she complains.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

The conversation ranges from what people think constitutes “a good death” to griefs they carry: old and new, individual and collective.

From Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2023

This might be dramatised fiction but the losses and griefs are very real.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2022

“Even in WandaVision — really all of the films I’ve gotten to do — she’s constantly straddling this line and usually her biggest emotive losses or griefs are when something’s born,” Olsen said.

From The Verge May 9, 2022

I could not forget that only the week before I had been touched by her childish griefs.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

I can only say how sincerely I ask pardon for having griefed you.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

Fake news and misinformation are part of that, as are the traditional griefing techniques of subcultural trolls.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2016

“Folks who are griefing or trolling feel like they are in a secondary universe that isn’t the same as the real world,” he said.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2016

The practice of ruining things for others, originally known as griefing in the online gaming world, has become a sadly abundant element of internet life.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2016

This notifies our mod team, who will examine the player's behaviour for signs of intentional griefing.

From Nature May 17, 2016

And so their griefing of other players is not necessarily done out of meanness, but more out of a sense of exploration, a way of finding their footing in an uncertain new universe.

From The Guardian Jun. 3, 2013




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