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compassionately





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“I listened to her as compassionately as I could,” McAfee told me.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

A friend or family member might serve more compassionately as conservator.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

“You can’t describe the situation and logically or compassionately say, ‘We’re going to play,’” Tagliabue told NFL.com in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

They repeated the Church's apology to victims and said anyone who comes forward "will be heard and responded to carefully and compassionately by safeguarding professionals".

From BBC Mar. 30, 2025

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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