sob
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Suddenly, articulating what I saw—the creative writing projects I hoped to tackle, my pride at seeing my child launch into adulthood—I found myself stifling a sob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Mary McNamara: I confess that my most audible sob came with the tender nod to the late, great Rob Reiner, who made his last screen appearance in Season 4, as business mentor Albert Schur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
"All I did was cry and sob the whole day and night," Alia recalls.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
“I’ll never forget this part of my life,” she said, and, behind sunglasses, began to sob.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
She wrapped her arms around Percy and tried not to sob.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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"We only asked for affordable flour, electricity and our basic rights," he says, trying to steady his breath through his sobs.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
As my wife held Charlie Kirk’s widow on the first day of her terrible sorrow, Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids with Charlie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
She cried in silence, her shoulders moving slightly with the sobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Her voice choked with sobs, she said she was forced to observe Ramadan out of her own home for the first time in the two decades she has lived there.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
The boy’s sobs softened to pitiful hiccups, then spiked again to shrieks as Leafie felt his arm.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Gartshore appeared via videolink at the 25-minute hearing, during which she sobbed and wiped away tears.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
She added: "I sobbed for hours and then exhaled for the first time in a year."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
When she died at home, where she had asked to be, I held her tightly and sobbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
In a composed tone, as his wife sobbed in the audience, he spoke for hours about "Sammy," his "sophisticated and charismatic" daughter.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Opal sobbed again, “Why did he do that?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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I started sobbing, losing my idea of a new marriage before I could even fully conjure it again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The movie has a pastoral coziness and lots of silly humor, but it’s also a moving meditation on death that has adults sobbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
She was generally right on target for the dramatic stories related, as take-charge and cheeky, witty, or sobbing and heartbroken as the lyrics required.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"I remember seeing him sitting next to the radio, sobbing," Pele later told Fifa.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I don’t have time to worry about her telling Dad, though, because her sobbing turns angry.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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