gravely
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This said it was "gravely disappointed" it could still not offer its Advanced Data Protection feature to new UK users, following its decision to withdraw it in February 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In early 1999, Lieberson put her career on hold to nurse her sister Alexis, who was gravely ill from breast cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Deep observers of his catalog also view it as his most biographical feature, citing how closely Satsuki and Mei’s bucolic retreat resembles a chapter in the filmmaker’s childhood when his own mother was gravely ill.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
She called to get help for him but said neither paramedics nor police determined him to be gravely disabled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before hanging up, she told me that in a cruel twist of fate her mother had fallen gravely ill as well.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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