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be sympathetic



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On a human level, anyone seeing the photographs from Prime Minister's Questions would be sympathetic, whatever the contributory factors.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Mr. Starbuck initially focused on companies with customers whom he thought would most likely be sympathetic to his cause, like Tractor Supply and John Deere.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2024

The idea was to be sympathetic enough that viewers would conclude “these young women were not psychopaths” even if “they made different choices than you or I would have made.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

He was befriended there by Ramon Mercader, who pretended to be sympathetic to Trotsky’s ideas but in reality was a Soviet agent.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Ivanov went to see George Eltenton, a chemical engineer known to be sympathetic to the Soviet Union.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin