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grief

[greef] / grif /


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In the normally hidden world of Althorp, the grief of a brother was still plainly on display – what happened to Princess Diana is not all in the past.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

At least 1,300 people helped to try to find him, coming together in hope then grief.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

In excerpts published by the Daily Mail, the earl claimed King Charles III told him "we'll forget her soon enough", but Buckingham Palace said in a statement that fraternal grief could "colour memory".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

"When you first meet the person you lost, there is grief as well as joy, as well of a sense of expectation," she said.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

And suddenly the dam inside me burst, and grief gushed out in a torrent.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

The tension can be felt in private conversations and encounters — the griefs, the anxieties, the feelings of being in a media fishbowl.

From Seattle Times Apr. 22, 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

He was remorseless, disillusioned, logical, predatory, fierce, pitiless—but his great jewel of an eye was that of a stricken deer, large, fearful, sensitive and full of griefs.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

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

Although Lin's efforts are “admirable and likely industry-leading”, the representative says, many games are still “awash with verbal harassment, griefing and overall negative behaviour from teammates and opponents”.

From Nature Mar. 29, 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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