compassion
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All have similar stories - describing a lack of compassion among staff and an absence of any meaningful treatment or therapy.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
"No words of compassion can ease this pain of loss, this burden of great suffering, when one must bury young people," the priest told black-clothed mourners, weeping or clutching flowers and holding each other.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
But Frenchie is the empathy and compassion of this series.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
This came about from nothing other than his excessive compassion, which gave his soldiers more licence than is suitable to military discipline.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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