bereft

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Beijing’s more measured assessment of reaching “a series of new common understandings” was also bereft of examples after a week of face-to-face meetings and months of preparation.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

When 16-year-old Felix Platter set out from his home in Basel, Switzerland, to attend medical school in Montpellier, France, his mother was bereft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Mo Goldman, an Arizona immigration attorney whose clients have often been bereft of their things, told Salon that not returning confiscated belongings has been a pattern in practice for a long time.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Left bereft by defeat against Sweden in the final in Beijing four years ago, the Scottish quartet have come to dominate their sport since.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

The blue girl’s ghost gathered itself and perched, bereft, upon the spearpoint-tip of the projecting finial, just an inch above her own still chest.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor