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comfort

[kuhm-fert] / ˈkʌm fərt /




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It's a place that has given Emma comfort.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The comfort food will be tasty, simple and less expensive than individual plates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

She’s an interloper among established thespians, a woman in her late 50s who has only just begun listening to the little voice inside her, the one begging her to step outside her comfort zone.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I latched onto fantasy to comfort the insecurities I was dealing with,” Wolf said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Only he seemed unaware of it as he hobbled along the halls of his home, bringing comfort and counsel to the sick people in his care.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

David Beckham swapped the Galactico comforts of Real Madrid, where he spent four seasons and collected a sole La Liga crown, for a Hollywood welcome at LA Galaxy.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

She comforts those flying home alone for funerals, sadness seeping from every pore.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

His wife, who was comforted by other members of her family, watched from the public gallery as he answered "guilty" to dozens of charges.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 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

But none of us were comforted that easily, although by now we had learned not to make a fuss.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Drones could make schools safer, but they also suggest an environment more threatening than comforting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

“She called us, bawling, and we were loading the dog, comforting her,” Dowd said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"The support has been overwhelming, and it's been comforting," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

She had her arms around Dawn's new calf, comforting it as it trembled at the sound of the Dragon.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda


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