compassion
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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
When faced with a legitimate mass threat to human life, many people would abandon mutuality and compassion in favor of self-preservation.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
The 59-year-old told the BBC: "They've put a vulnerable person in a very compromised position, they've shown no compassion."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
But to say they choose to live on the street, as Pratt has, is to miss the point, to excuse our own complicity, to overlook historic policy failures, and to choose contempt over compassion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
She wanted Great Ellen—her gentle touch to clean and wrap her wound, and her compassion.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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