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sympathize

[sim-puh-thahyz] / ˈsɪm pəˌθaɪz /


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“Atonement” wants you to do more than sympathize with them, preferring we understand the varying degrees of guilt, sorrow and anger that have led Mariam, Lou and Michael to this fraught reunion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Plenty of people here sympathize with the mystery vigilante.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

You can’t help but sympathize with her desire to skip the coming crisis in her industry.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

"I wanted the audience to be able to sympathize with him at times, and be terrified of him at times," Antosca told AFP on the Los Angeles red carpet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

I completely sympathize with her now, of course.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The fashion designer and bridal boutique owner sympathizes with retailers grappling with the penny problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

As his body fails him, he sympathizes more deeply with the dying planet, going so far as to declare to his bewildered loved ones that he is the Earth itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

While he sympathizes with the occasional need to chill at home, he also notes it's unsettling that it's a wildly popular discourse.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

But she also believes “it doesn’t have to be a competition” and sympathizes with the nearly 6,000 migrant children now enrolled in Chicago’s public schools.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

Of her three children, Celia sympathizes most with her son.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

I’ve long sympathized with the argument that a large U.S. commitment to the European theater is an anachronism in our security posture, a throwback to 20th-century geopolitics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Art is a weapon for López Mari and Calle 13, who sympathized with the Palestinian struggle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

In 2023, according to New York Times polling, 34 percent of Democrats sympathized with Israel and 31 percent with Palestinians.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2025

Many people sympathized with the workers and even called for Costco to start revoking memberships.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

“I sympathized with him a lot, reading his letters,” Sasha said.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

While sympathizing with the need for more affordable housing, Maupin said in a video posted on Facebook that Align’s proposal is “a bit of a monstrosity, from the pictures I’ve seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

While fully sympathizing with her grief, many women have called Erika Kirk out for not being fully transparent in her self-portrait.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025

Playing both roles has been therapeutic; it’s been an opportunity to voice my frustrations as a son while also sympathizing with the father character.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

Back in the courthouse, almost three years after Ozy’s collapse, I found myself sympathizing with Watson, against my better judgment.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

I guess that’s his way of sympathizing with me.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh


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