commiserate
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Many of the Facebook comments were from people who had no solutions but wanted to commiserate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
When Bill Ackman vented over $2 million, fellow billionaires rushed to commiserate.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
While a dejected England leave for home well beaten and under mounting pressure, Smith told TNT Sports he planned to have "a jar" with counterpart Stokes and commiserate.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
“Father Mother Sister Brother” is here to commiserate, but because the veteran indie auteur remains a sharp chronicler of the quotidian, he has no patience for sentimentality or pat resolutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
I promise I will commiserate with broken people all over the whole wide world from now on and forever.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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Even if your husband commiserates with you, I wouldn’t assume that he is as bothered by his brother’s actions as you are.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
That night, before going back on shift, Letby exchanges texts with a colleague who commiserates, saying "you seem to be having some very bad luck".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023
This mysterious figure commiserates with the Riddler about the plight of would-be criminal masterminds like them: “One day you’re on top, the next you’re a clown.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
He commiserates, and it sounds genuine — the ambivalent doctor trying to help parents make sense of a chaotic world.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018
She commiserates with a friend whose mother has also left.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Carmen Schober, the profile’s author, ignored the way members of Schmidt’s online forum, Skinni Société, commiserated about their hair loss and inability to stand without getting dizzy.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
And they commiserated about life in space, and how ISS missions -- all three of the American Artemis astronauts had previously served on the ISS -- had prepared them for their historic lunar voyage.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
During weekends at Johnson’s Millbrook, New York, estate, Sothea says they watched movies in her home theater and commiserated over their painful pasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu described the incident as unfortunate and commiserated with families of the deceased victims.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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His post was flooded with comments, including people commiserating and asking him to advocate on the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I was moved that the replies weren’t just from those commiserating, but rather, people offering helpful solutions to this cyclical malaise.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Routinely dispatched to this unassuming street in Marion County, Fla., the officers are invariably charmed by the tight-knit families they find, joking with the kids, commiserating easily with the parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
There was no celebrating in the clubhouse Sunday, but there was no commiserating either.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Blanca and I were walking back from the subway after our night classes at Hunter, commiserating about how much work we both had.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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