commiserate
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As people commiserate online, some have shared plans to travel to neighbouring Malaysia to catch Dear You in Teochew.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
When Bill Ackman vented over $2 million, fellow billionaires rushed to commiserate.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
A smattering of local Facebook groups against data centers, where members can chat and commiserate, have garnered thousands of community members in just a few months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
The adults headed down to the basement to commiserate or whatever, leaving the three of us alone in the living room.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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In the middle of “The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side,” Jane Marple commiserates with one of her friends about all the changes that have come to their beloved village, St. Mary Mead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
In the clips that were shown during the hearings, no one in the room commiserates with him.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 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 them on painful anniversaries - the day their children were taken away by social services, or the last time they spoke to their parents.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2017
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
They commiserated in the Facebook group and sought advice on Reddit about how to replicate the flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu described the incident as unfortunate and commiserated with families of the deceased victims.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
As the two commiserated about Franklin’s radioactive temper, Wilkins opened up to Watson to a degree he never before had.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Huneven said that last year, as the smoke cleared, she and Zack were commiserating one day about what had been lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
After commiserating with my editor later that night, we decided to anonymize their account and strip most of the identifying details out of this column.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2024
But social media platforms are awash with women commiserating over their painful IUD insertions and sometimes removals.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
After the match we walked through the streets of Barcelona back to our hotel with Sir Bobby congratulating every Italian who recognised him and commiserating with Brazilians in their hour of despair.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
“It’s agony,” Mrs. McCullough said to Mrs. Richardson over a commiserating cup of coffee.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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