empathy
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“I have so much empathy for restaurants now — that feeling they get if you come in towards closing: ‘How many?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"We will learn from this and keep inclusion at the core of all we do, maintaining our belief in film and storytelling as a critical conduit for compassion and empathy."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Since the 1980s, psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle has been warning that modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world and feel empathy for fellow human beings.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Each exemplifies his empathy for people in their day-to-day challenges, but he regarded the last, about Maude Callen, a black nurse-midwife in an impoverished community in South Carolina, as his most rewarding assignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But it was then that I understood one of my mom's greatest virtues: her capacity for empathy.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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