sympathies

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A spokesperson for the retailer said "everyone" at the retailer "is deeply saddened" by his death and extended "heartfelt sympathies" to his family, his friends, and the wider Congolese community in Ireland.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

"We are extremely saddened by this incident and express our sympathies to those involved," DIA said.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Auden ultimately felt that his poem was propaganda, and his sympathies came to lie rather with the common person trampled under the march of History.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

A palace official also said that King Charles reached out to Trump to express his sympathies to all affected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But the dead and the living were different, he knew that, even if his sympathies were with the dead.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman