grieve
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As for those who grieve them, “they understand why all this happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But permit me, as a lifelong MMA fan, to grieve a bit for my favorite sport: the only one I’ve ever truly loved.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
As they grieve, many are also seeking answers about the circumstances of the strike and waiting for the sailors' bodies to be returned home.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
"I think you can grieve several times for the same person because you're understanding changes," she said.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
If I didn’t believe that, I wouldn’t grieve fer the children I’ve buried; I wouldn’t look for’ard to the manhood of this youngest one.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
"Seattle grieves with you, and we will stand with you in the difficult days ahead."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Madonna grieves for her late brother Christopher on Fragile, a delicate song about their childhood, estrangement and reconciliation, that ends with her wishing, "I hope you found a higher ground".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Heaney grieves the violence, memorializing its complexity and horror in a poem that can stand with Yeats and Auden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Alma — who receives minimal attention from her author — marries a bighearted chicken farmer named Izzy, and later grieves the early loss of her husband, and the absence of children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
“Well, I want you to know,” she continued, as if I’d answered her, “everybody grieves in different ways. There’s not a right way or a wrong way to grieve for someone you loved.”
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
He also grieved for the moments he would not be able to share with his parents in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Jefferson grieved deeply over the loss of his wife, the death in childhood of four of their six children, and the later loss of a daughter at only 25.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, who is from Milan, said he was "grieved" by the accident and called for answers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
In it, they reveal how they have grieved for their daughters and set up legacy projects in their names.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
I grieved their losses with them and celebrated when their kids hit significant milestones.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The impulse to replace a deceased lawmaker with a grieving spouse, child, or other family member is faintly absurd.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Like all grieving, it is complicated and disordered, and beautifully so.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Hirokazu Kore-eda directs this muddled film about grieving parents who adopt an android copy of their dead son.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“It’s kind of this submission to darkness that comes with grieving and missing someone,” Lacy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Prendergast’s lawyers tried to prove Prendergast was insane, but a jury of angry, grieving Chicagoans believed otherwise.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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