empathize
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I love to ask authors who write books, with characters who would widely be perceived as unlikable, what do you think are Mallory and Leo’s most redeeming qualities, and how did you empathize with them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Like me, AI can be a bit of a tone-deaf know-it-all, more inclined to dispense advice than to truly listen or empathize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
"This could indicate a close relationship between these human individuals and the animal, an idea that I think is quite easy to empathize with."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
As a fellow woman of color who likes to travel solo, I can empathize with this anxiety.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It amazed me how I could empathize not only with Anne Frank, but also with a Holocaust survivor.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
“There’s a lot of big change happening now, there’s no way to fight it,” Gravestock said, adding that she empathizes with fears AI will ultimately replace many workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She empathizes with Denitra’s predicament, but how can she combat a system that made her an exception by the luck of the educational draw?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Park, who loves “Crazy Rich Asians,” empathizes with the burden to represent everybody.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
“Germany, which was reunified 33 years ago, is a country that understands and empathizes with the issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula,” Yoon said.
From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023
"Beef" empathizes with its antagonists without condoning what they're doing to each other.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023
Machado empathized with Venezuelans frustrated by the deal's lack of transparency.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
I especially empathized in these moments with the men whose sentences put them in the category of “long-termers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“She empathized enormously with the families of the strikers,” says Buffett, “but with Kay, the newspaper totally came first, it was a sacred trust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
The group continued: "Worst of all, the series presents a convicted murderer as an innocent man that should be empathized with."
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
She’d empathized with him, and even said she sometimes heard things coming from the jungle too.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Roxanne nodded along with me, empathizing with me along the way.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
If we could stop thinking in such narrow definitions of time, Thien intimates, we would be capable of empathizing and understanding that even our most shattering experiences do not separate us from others.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
“The Last Showgirl” isn’t wonderful because Anderson plays a version of herself, but rather because Anderson fundamentally understands her character, empathizing with Shelly’s desperation to hold onto modern life’s fleeting romance.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
Suddenly, I heard an empathizing laugh coming my way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
In other words, if I smile and you see me and smile in response — even a microsmile that takes no more than several milliseconds — it’s not just you imitating or empathizing with me.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing empathize
"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 7
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"The Freedom Writers Diary" and "Strength, Courage, and Wisdom"
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"The Interlopers" and "An Interview with the King of Terror"
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