cry for
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“I’m not gonna sit in a corner and cry for him when I have so much to do,” Ortiz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Prince Harry said that after crying at Diana's funeral, he did not cry for nearly two decades, multiple news outlets reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
After so long on the road, driving past despair dotted along the road’s shoulders, Day brushes off a cry for help with a joke.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
This is re-emerging as a rallying cry for foreign leaders such as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz annoyed that their countries are buying so many imports from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
I did not even cry for the boy who had learned to play a lute with six strings in the forest years ago.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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