empathy
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We owe them and their families transparency, empathy and responsiveness, especially when public reports raise anxieties at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Manivannan, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, was being interviewed about care and carers in society, when host Sindhu Rajasekaran raised the rehabilitation of criminals, saying she could have no empathy for rapists.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Many studies show the more money you have, the less empathy you have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“It’s hard for a jury to convict when they feel no empathy for the victim. They dirtied up the victim and made her repugnant to the jury.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her mother had always had a strange empathy for the Night Zoo’s inhabitants.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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