empathize
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Yet when Sey was taken, Stuckey asked her followers to empathize with his family.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
As much as some people may empathize with Ms. Clancy, some argue there must be consequences for killing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“I like Instagrams where people are putting themselves out there and maybe they’re not the best at it, and I both find it funny but I do also empathize with them, too, and support them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
As a fellow woman of color who likes to travel solo, I can empathize with this anxiety.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Rick said, “I took a test, one question, and verified it; I’ve begun to empathize with androids, and look what that means. You said it this morning yourself. ‘Those poor andys.’
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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He is perplexed by a potential state intervention but he empathizes with young people looking to keep their hair longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
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
The teacher empathizes, having fallen in love as a teenager with a deaf girl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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
She and her husband empathized with their intended parents, who were coping with the sudden loss of tens of thousands of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
Yesenia Pérez, who received her undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara in June and will be studying at the campus in the fall for a master’s in technology management, said she empathized with both sides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
For the first time, I empathized with her desperation.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 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
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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
Studies show that empathizing with animals influences human behavior and can motivate people to take action to protect them.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
She praised him as empathizing with parents, teachers, coaches, administrators and alumni.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
Chauvin’s sentencing judge, empathizing with him over his isolation in state prison, expressed optimism that he would fare better with fewer restrictions as a federal inmate.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
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
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"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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