grieve
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We ask that our family’s privacy be respected as we grieve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"The boy's family will need time to grieve this unimaginable loss, so please respect their privacy."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
As fans grieve Jackie, they wonder what’s next for Shadow and the aerie in Big Bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sara and I grieve with the American people over the loss of our dear friend, Senator Lindsey Graham.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
But he did not grieve about it; no, he even felt a great desire to laugh, to laugh at himself, to laugh at this strange foolish world!
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
"Seattle grieves with you, and we will stand with you in the difficult days ahead."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We are a first-world country, and speaking as a physician that knows this can be prevented, it grieves me,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Club and country team-mate Jamie George says England will rally around captain Maro Itoje as he grieves the death of his mother.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Alma — who receives minimal attention from her author — marries a bighearted chicken farmer named Izzy, and later grieves the early loss of her husband, and the absence of children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
Who is the Day that grieves so deeply for his mother?
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
The soap followed her as she grieved and began to navigate life as a single mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“I am profoundly grieved at the loss of my partner and brother,” said attorney John Branca, co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate with McClain.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Montazeri grieved by sitting in front of his mother’s vanity, imagining she was sitting behind the mirror asking him everyday questions about homework or chores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
At the First Baptist Church, he said, the Eastlands were trying to be respectful as people grieved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
“Gee, I guess he really is dead,” grieved one of his enlisted men in a low, respectful voice.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
It can’t be an exaggeration to say that tens of millions are grieving her death.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
After connecting online last year, McCall, Leffler and a third grieving mother named Deborah Royal launched the Seen Movement, a suicide prevention organization advocating for change in systems’ response to people in crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"You speak to people who are grieving, you're like, 'How are you doing?' They're like, 'Oh, yeah, yeah, you know, it's hard, but I'm fine.' It feels very unhealthily British."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Several psychologists were available to consult with grieving children under the care of their parents, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Though grieving, the women of the 46th Guards didn’t react to Dusya’s death with fear or discouragement.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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