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condolence

[kuhn-doh-luhns] / kənˈdoʊ ləns /


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A small but poignant item: the condolence card sent to Carrie by Samantha Jones, her estranged friend played by Kim Cattrall, who made a brief but impactful appearance in the reboot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

On her Instagram page, followers have been sharing condolence messages.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Neither he nor his foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, signed a condolence book at the Iranian Embassy for the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Authorities released Taherkhani's body to his family only after they were compelled to pay the equivalent of 18,000 euros and remove condolence banners.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Women came to comfort her, and their husbands paid condolence calls and hoped inwardly that she would soon move to another neighborhood and spare them the obligation of continuous sympathy.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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