comfort
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Good job security, in turn, gives Americans the comfort to keep spending at levels sufficient to propel the economy forward.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Those movies are my comfort food, and those women were my idols as a kid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
As such, a close-to-home comfort infuses “Fudge” with real tenderness without sacrificing any of Kiwanuka’s signature sonic luxuriance.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Now, her daughter nurses for comfort at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
People to comfort me or reassure me or just distract me.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Even though manifest have their sights set on stages around the world, after several weeks in London they were missing some of the comforts of home.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The comforts of a resort leave Mr. Young feeling guilty on “Fontainebleau,” a guitar-laden track named for the Miami Beach hotel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
In return, he’d get comforts for his death row cell, including a television, as well as $33,000 to pay off a restitution order and purchase headstones for his parents’ graves, The Times reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Real surprises are rarer in the land of Too Much TV, although we shouldn’t knock reliable comforts.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
‘Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Reyna: In the studio, I had a lot of moments where I felt totally alone, but what comforted me was our creative process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Kirby said she was comforted by the actions the city's health department was taking in terms of testing.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
If you have watched any of these — if they comforted you on your worst days and made good ones better — Burrows had a hand in making your life funnier.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Bessie stooped; we mutually embraced, and I followed her into the house quite comforted.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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I’ve found it comforting to prepare the simple recipe to a complex piece of music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The more I thought about it, the more I realized there was something comforting about my conversation with Randy.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“She called us, bawling, and we were loading the dog, comforting her,” Dowd said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Things that are hearty and comforting, endlessly accommodating and somehow greater than the sum of their decidedly humble parts.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
But it would have been comforting to squeeze something tightly, like a sword hilt, instead of squishing a handful of figs into a sloppy mush.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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