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comfort

[kuhm-fert] / ˈkʌm fərt /




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“American Classic” boasts a terrific ensemble cast, including Laura Linney, Jon Tenney and Jane Alexander, and looks like perfect comfort TV.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

When Hannah Matthews lost her father and grandmother in the space of a year, she found comfort in her back garden.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

We take comfort in knowing that Shelley’s work and the memories she created with those who loved her will continue to live on.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

True, companies have started generating significant revenue from AI, which is giving some investors comfort.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Of all the Jews who had come to our house this was the first to enter gaily and with a question about our own comfort.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

There’s a trade-off: We experience a little emotional discomfort by being constantly surveilled, but we are rewarded with the more physical comforts of safety and efficiency.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

While the plane has royal comforts, such as oversize leather seats that turn into beds, Air Force officials have acknowledged the plane doesn’t have all the features of its predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Sometimes, I feel most gay when I’m strolling outside feeling the breeze against my skin, like I’m experiencing the joy in a way that only I can, balanced with my own unique burdens and comforts.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

But contact is growing rapidly today, even if outsiders are barred from entering Indigenous territory, with members curious about the wider world -- and the modern comforts it can offer.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

‘Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Afterwards, Tommy comforted Yasmin, telling her: "I've got you and that's all I care about."

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

If you have watched any of these — if they comforted you on your worst days and made good ones better — Burrows had a hand in making your life funnier.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

He comforted terrified survivors and filled critical information voids by sending continual updates to friends and neighbors as firefighters fought the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

He knew these memories, and while they comforted him, they weren’t enough.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

This will be its sixth season in five years, and in an age when streaming shows can take years between seasons, there’s something comforting in such a reliably consistent cadence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

There was a comforting nostalgia in watching her surrounded by tchotchkes, radiating the loose, warm confidence that made “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” such a phenomenon in the 1990s.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

In building a work culture, for instance, “there’s no textbook right answer. It’s not a super comforting feeling.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"I think in a community where fair is often the more beautiful, that song is really comforting and I love it a lot."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

It smells like Aunt Melissa’s lavender-and-mint shampoo, which is oddly comforting.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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