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grief

[greef] / grif /


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Cleveland Police Federation chair Lauren Somerville told BBC Radio Tees it had been "more intense than ever in amongst pain and grief", as an extra 200 police officers are being sent to help.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed "deep grief and sorrow over the deaths of 14 infants" in separate statements.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The Camino had room for all of us: veterans on their umpteenth Camino, first-timers, and pilgrims carrying very 2026 reasons—burnout, career panic, grief, retirement, faith, escape.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Listen to how eerie the thing actually is, how the harmonies capture the desperation, panic and preemptive grief of losing a love to someone whose appeal is undeniable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

But, if Maggie’s confession is true, then the Fox sisters’ long hoax also took advantage of grief and is therefore despicable and unforgivable.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

Now events were running away with them, trampling over her personal griefs, her budding hopes, her sprouting wings.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

In a blog post after Tay’s griefing, Peter Lee, the vice president of Microsoft Research, vowed to “work toward contributing to an internet that represents the best, not the worst, of humanity.”

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

"The amount of griefing that goes on for the higher value pledges just isn't worth the amount of money it brings in," he said.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2013




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