crying

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Before setting off on his final journey, Daniel said he would "like to think the mountain will be crying today because we're splitting up".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“This time, I wasn’t 17 years old, going through my first heartbreak, crying at the piano and a song just flies out. I had to sharpen my songwriting skills and my singing skills,” Rodrigo said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

As the floodwaters careened through the town, Rai ran into Prasad, shirtless and crying, and urged him to get to higher ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“My little sister’s crying, my little brother’s scared,” Tello recalled.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

His mother, toward the end of the pandemic, crying and crying and saying, “I can’t do this anymore,” not to him but through him.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman