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comfort

[kuhm-fert] / ˈkʌm fərt /




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They even borrowed a plane from the Arizona Cardinals, with special lie-down seats for added comfort.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Mary Timby was fed up with dating apps when she booked a trip to Ireland on a whim last summer - from the comfort of her Colorado couch.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

That may be little comfort to anyone hoping to get a mortgage or borrow money.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The second I turned 50, I just felt an inexplicable comfort in my own skin that I never felt before.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

I sang an old song of Da’s to comfort him until Celia threw a handful of bed straw at me, and Granda told us to say our prayers and close our eyes.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

With higher ticket prices and more competition — not only with other touring bands but with the allures of home comforts — audiences need a bigger draw.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

There’s a trade-off: We experience a little emotional discomfort by being constantly surveilled, but we are rewarded with the more physical comforts of safety and efficiency.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

Former Arsenal midfielder and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey applies a tourniquet, while ex-Chelsea and Argentina goalkeeper Willy Caballero comforts the casualty.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

There they have drinks, food, ice even in high summer, cushioned chairs, electric lights, and other comforts I’ll never enjoy.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

Eventually, she’s comforted by her unwavering support of Keeley, who is just the right mix of adorable, attractive and ambitious, and the fact that at least she’s not an anti-feminist like her mother.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2026

Reyna: In the studio, I had a lot of moments where I felt totally alone, but what comforted me was our creative process.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Dozens of police and emergency responders gathered outside the cordoned-off Debsirin Nonthaburi School on Friday, AFP journalists saw, while parents waited to pick up their children and tearful students and staff comforted each other outside.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Kirby said she was comforted by the actions the city's health department was taking in terms of testing.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

He is comforted by the talc smell of her housedresses mixed with the sunbaked smell of her skin, the perfumy smell of her party dresses.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

This will be its sixth season in five years, and in an age when streaming shows can take years between seasons, there’s something comforting in such a reliably consistent cadence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

There was a comforting nostalgia in watching her surrounded by tchotchkes, radiating the loose, warm confidence that made “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” such a phenomenon in the 1990s.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

In building a work culture, for instance, “there’s no textbook right answer. It’s not a super comforting feeling.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Chris adds: "Knowing that a person did this, as opposed to it being a natural thing that happened, it just does feel a little bit comforting for some reason."

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

I focus on my breathing in and out slowly and think of the most comforting thing I can.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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