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bereavement

[bih-reev-muhnt] / bɪˈriv mənt /


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If we've been brought up by two parents, when the first dies, we can share our memories and sadness with the other as part of the process of bereavement.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Ricardo, who is the friend of a family that suffered a bereavement, said the victim's parents had endured three days without knowing what had become of their child.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I'm sure nobody's doing this intentionally... but these companies could just get their bereavement services at a level that is not going to cause undue distress," says Louisa.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

A number of candidates are people whose lives were transformed that day or in the wars that followed, but trauma or bereavement have not spared them from personal attacks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

On the pop station, it’s Pearl Jam’s hypnotic “Last Kiss,” so beautifully sad, it makes bereavement seem like an enviable condition.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Their models projected that, even if all of the conflict-related deaths ceased after 2023, past bereavements would continue to impact communities and individuals until at least 2070.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

He added she had suffered family bereavements and may have carried out the frauds "to try to make herself feel better".

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

The courage of Josua Tuisova and Sam Matavesi, who have played on at this World Cup while stricken by grief after family bereavements.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

Total Film's Tom Dawson wrote: "Giedroyc doesn't ignore life's inevitable sadnesses - along the way there are unexpected bereavements, family rifts, unfulfilled youthful dreams… It's the uplift that sticks, though."

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023

It is also chance which, through a combination of work, of cares, and of bereavements, has delayed the publication of this history until this extraordinary year, 1877.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith


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