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comfort

[kuhm-fert] / ˈkʌm fərt /




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These days, Cavallari is residing in a beautiful Tennessee estate after offloading the “divorce house” she found comfort in following her split in 2020.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

She’s an interloper among established thespians, a woman in her late 50s who has only just begun listening to the little voice inside her, the one begging her to step outside her comfort zone.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I latched onto fantasy to comfort the insecurities I was dealing with,” Wolf said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The comfort and springy design may allow athletes to tolerate higher training volumes or intensities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Rowan realized that all of them were trying to comfort him in their own way.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Even though manifest have their sights set on stages around the world, after several weeks in London they were missing some of the comforts of home.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Walsh took WSJ into her kitchen and detailed the routine comforts that helped her settle down after a tumultuous year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

In return, he’d get comforts for his death row cell, including a television, as well as $33,000 to pay off a restitution order and purchase headstones for his parents’ graves, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Real surprises are rarer in the land of Too Much TV, although we shouldn’t knock reliable comforts.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Big Brother’s Order for the Day, it seemed, had been chiefly devoted to praising the work of an organization known as FFCC, which supplied cigarettes and other comforts to the sailors in the Floating Fortresses.

From "1984" by George Orwell

In scenes very similar to the incident against RB Leipzig on Saturday, the 23-year-old was comforted by team-mates including England captain Harry Kane.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

“To have gay couples come up crying, saying thank you is incredible and it’s what you do it for. The best feeling in the world is to know that we’ve comforted someone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

She was asleep and he sailed away without her, but Dionysus found her and comforted her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

It’s a potent mixture to be comforting and intriguing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

I’ve found it comforting to prepare the simple recipe to a complex piece of music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The more I thought about it, the more I realized there was something comforting about my conversation with Randy.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

There’s something extra comforting and delicious about the cool milk and crispy flakes.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan


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