sympathetic
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"Sympathetic consideration" may be given to the parents of Australian citizens, Burke said.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Sympathetic believers in the UFO community urged the Hills to try hypnosis, hoping that memories of those missing hours might be recovered this way.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2023
Sympathetic Northern Pacific belt-line workers used hammers and chisels to cut off the teens’ leg chains and wrapped the pair in borrowed jackets.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Sympathetic viewers might give "And Just Like That…" a pass on that front in the first season, since so much revolves around the reintroduction of classic characters we haven't spent time with in a decade.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2022
Sympathetic to Bobby’s plight, the committee circulated to its members a letter of protest that was ultimately sent to Icelandic Television, other media, and to the financial backers and distributors of the film.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing sympathetic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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