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comfort

[kuhm-fert] / ˈkʌm fərt /




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Daniel Seifert reminds us of the comfort a simple soft-boiled egg can provide.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

Thankfully, standing inside the climate-controlled walls of the Line hotel’s lobby and behind a cup of joe from its Alfred Coffee, there’s a smidgen of comfort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"We can hug each other when things are scary. We can comfort each other with words too," Varvara said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Bulls can take comfort that investors understand that amazing earnings won’t last.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

It isn’t the safest spot, but Gertie finds comfort there.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Fisher designed a 5,000-square-foot studio and home that combines the aesthetics of a downtown artist’s loft and the comforts of a single-family home in the working-class enclave that still offered inexpensive land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

For all its comforts, though, his cell remained a cell.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Nearby, as hundreds of people watched the blaze, a municipal employee was seen in tears, comforted by a local councillor.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

Afterwards, Tommy comforted Yasmin, telling her: "I've got you and that's all I care about."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

Edward patted her shoulders and hands and comforted her as well as a small boy could and cheered her by wiggling his loose front tooth.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

It’s a potent mixture to be comforting and intriguing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Projects include a 30-episode reality microdrama from Mike Fleiss called “Dateable” and a short film starring Kyra Sedgwick as a comforting AI hologram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

Penelope put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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