wept

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Easy: Yesterday, I was not only gripping the armrest but gripping the hand of the flight attendant who was sitting down in the aisle, soothing me as I hyperventilated and wept.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Relatives of the wounded gathered at the entrance to the emergency department, where a woman wept, leaning on a young man.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

She wept, partially because she might never see her son again and partially, according to Felix, because “she feared that Basel might be utterly destroyed by the army of Charles V,” the Holy Roman Emperor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Of course some of us wept and raged when he once again had to flee some bigger monkey that he had clearly annoyed, but while Punch was certainly cowed, he was never broken.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

As he began to describe his career, he’d broken down and wept.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis