empathy
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Most people react in similarly positive ways, expressing empathy or, my personal favorite, commiserating with me over their own nebulous medical conditions.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
Is it easier to find the empathy and humanity in playing a character desperate to attain the power than someone already holding it, like an Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Dagy, a 21-year-old architecture student, originally from Poland, says social media has worsened divisions in society by making people "lose empathy for others".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Italians who waited to see her arrival on Thursday credited her sincerity and empathy as among the reasons they had tried to catch a glimpse of her.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
And if this is empathy I hope Josh can feel some of the empathy that’s starting to come out of me.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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