comfort

"May it bring a tiny bit of comfort in knowing villagers care and are saddened by the news."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

And “Aperture,” the culmination, is Harry in his comfort phase, the New Yorker who has watched everything around him get renovated and priced out and has grown, in spite of it, into his own confidence.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

However, since they reported that wages rose by 4% in the year to August, that indicates they expect pay to cool, another source of comfort for rate setters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The rest of us will view these claims as another set of lies—but we will also take some comfort that at least the war is over.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Rowan realized that all of them were trying to comfort him in their own way.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Real surprises are rarer in the land of Too Much TV, although we shouldn’t knock reliable comforts.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

With higher ticket prices and more competition — not only with other touring bands but with the allures of home comforts — audiences need a bigger draw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

There’s a trade-off: We experience a little emotional discomfort by being constantly surveilled, but we are rewarded with the more physical comforts of safety and efficiency.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Former Arsenal midfielder and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey applies a tourniquet, while ex-Chelsea and Argentina goalkeeper Willy Caballero comforts the casualty.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Ironically, her logical, if demeaning, reply is the only one that comforts me.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

At one point, Celeste's mother was comforted by supporters seated beside her.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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

“To have gay couples come up crying, saying thank you is incredible and it’s what you do it for. The best feeling in the world is to know that we’ve comforted someone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The timepiece’s cool weight comforted me, and when the passing streetlamps permitted, I watched the second hand continue its steady revolution around the porcelain dial.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Things that are hearty and comforting, endlessly accommodating and somehow greater than the sum of their decidedly humble parts.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

This will be its sixth season in five years, and in an age when streaming shows can take years between seasons, there’s something comforting in such a reliably consistent cadence.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The main image captures grieving families holding and comforting each other.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“It’s been comforting that not everybody has it fully figured out yet,” participant Ignacio Mora said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

But Janet didn’t find these truths convincing, much less comforting.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith