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grief

[greef] / grif /


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This is a novel about coming to terms with grief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

You’re taking part in their grief but we’re also celebrating him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Aaron says he tries to embrace the darker times that come with his grief.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The deaths of the trio sparked an outpouring of grief and condemnation in Australia and the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Their mother had become old with grief, but she cried with happiness when she saw her children again.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

There are griefs other than antisemitism and racism, she complains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

The conversation ranges from what people think constitutes “a good death” to griefs they carry: old and new, individual and collective.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

This might be dramatised fiction but the losses and griefs are very real.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022

“Even in WandaVision — really all of the films I’ve gotten to do — she’s constantly straddling this line and usually her biggest emotive losses or griefs are when something’s born,” Olsen said.

From The Verge ● May 9, 2022

“Mother,” he turned toward her with eyes full of despair, “if you could ha’ knowed back in 1830 of all the griefs you’d hev.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

I can only say how sincerely I ask pardon for having griefed you.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

Fake news and misinformation are part of that, as are the traditional griefing techniques of subcultural trolls.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2016

“Folks who are griefing or trolling feel like they are in a secondary universe that isn’t the same as the real world,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2016

The practice of ruining things for others, originally known as griefing in the online gaming world, has become a sadly abundant element of internet life.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2016

This notifies our mod team, who will examine the player's behaviour for signs of intentional griefing.

From Nature ● May 17, 2016

And so their griefing of other players is not necessarily done out of meanness, but more out of a sense of exploration, a way of finding their footing in an uncertain new universe.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2013




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