grieve
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We didn’t have time to grieve before legal battles began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Puza said Culver CityBus service will be suspended throughout the weekend to allow the transit agency’s team time to grieve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Tulloch added this can be "confusing" because those removed from a tragedy can feel they do not have a right to grieve.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Grace's mother, Dr Sinead O'Malley-Kumar, says the end of the inquiry will mark "just the beginning" for her family to grieve.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Maybe I can help us grieve in a different way.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
Madonna grieves for her late brother Christopher on Fragile, a delicate song about their childhood, estrangement and reconciliation, that ends with her wishing, "I hope you found a higher ground".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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
Or when the child has a disability and the parent grieves the vision of the child that they thought they were gonna have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
As time passes, she is trying to build a new life, learn a new language and find bits of work here and there - but she still grieves her lost home in Vuhledar.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
It grieves me to think that I have brought shame to the place that has sheltered me, that by my unwitting deeds, St. Emilion might be ruined.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Some think Newton was the friend Dickinson still grieved in “Death sets a Thing significant” a decade later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The family asked for privacy whilst they grieved and supported one another, adding: "We would like to thank everyone for their kindness, support and understanding."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She grieved his death through art, painting a large oil portrait of him wearing a cowboy hat that she leaned against the wall of her Brooklyn loft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He turned down a chance to coach his country in 2006, believing that the busier fixture list at Wasps would suit him better as he grieved the death of his brother.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Pa Anozie gave Richard a long pained look and mumbled something for a while, looking grieved.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Unsolved cases involve real victims, grieving families and investigators working to secure answers," the statement added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Sometime during the second half of 1863, she wrote one of her best poems, “Death sets a Thing significant,” on grieving the dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Dickinson offers no static picture of grief, but a poetic dramatization of grieving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I will never stop grieving my son, who should be here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“But he’s grieving still. Be gentle, but firm. And be honest.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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