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compassion

[kuhm-pash-uhn] / kəmˈpæʃ ən /


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Points, too, for the solid casting, from the leads’ tricky pivoting from openness to caginess, to the criminally underseen Wasikowska, who navigates maternal complexities of worry and compassion that confound easy pigeonholing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

A video of the unlikely couple, recorded by a nurse at Denbecha Primary Hospital in the Amhara region, racked up 770,000 views on TikTok, with many Ethiopians struck by Markos' compassion.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Even with financial support, caregiving is an all-encompassing ordeal for which there is little emotional support, understanding or compassion, McKenzie Kemper noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Do you think humanity, or at least Western society, is running into an empathy deficit, where we’re running out of compassion for each other?

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

People all over the country seemed motivated to connect from a common place of tremendous compassion.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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