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"We were forced to leave because of the Houthis," she told AFP, adding: "My children are still there -- they couldn't get out. I weep for them every day, waiting for them to escape."

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Read, and weep for the future of America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

What is contained in this pleading is the kind of thing that, at any other time, would make you weep for how law enforcement is being conducted.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

"Now I can go disappear somewhere and touch grass with my loved ones on an island while y'all weep for mediocre pop."

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2023

I fell to my knees and allowed myself to weep for all that was lost: Babci, Father, Mother.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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