cry
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Tierra Santa is a far cry from the biomarker readings and recovery chambers that dominate New York’s luxury wellness scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Walker often plays professional women forced to button down their emotions more than occasionally, in part because the struggle not to cry is considered more powerful, and interesting to watch, than the tears themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Soon they were being branded by the News of the World as "Britain's newest purveyors of filth" - a moniker Sullivan claimed "made my mother cry".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
"When the vehicles arrived, the joy I felt even made me cry because I no longer have to deal with engine oil or anything stressful," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It was a low, whimpering cry and sounded like a small animal suffering.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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