grieve
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At this time, we ask for the privacy to grieve this unfathomable loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
For almost a quarter of a century her family have been left without answers, unable to grieve properly or even hold a funeral.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sara and I grieve with the American people over the loss of our dear friend, Senator Lindsey Graham.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
She said the man continued to insist that the family "didn't need a shrine, and should grieve in a graveyard".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Maybe I can help us grieve in a different way.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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Madonna grieves for her late brother Christopher on Fragile, a delicate song about their childhood, estrangement and reconciliation, that ends with her wishing, "I hope you found a higher ground".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Heaney grieves the violence, memorializing its complexity and horror in a poem that can stand with Yeats and Auden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
As time passes, she is trying to build a new life, learn a new language and find bits of work here and there - but she still grieves her lost home in Vuhledar.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Who is the Day that grieves so deeply for his mother?
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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He has also grieved his mother Florence who died in December, speaking at her funeral in Nigeria and, by arrangement with the national team, joined up late with his team-mates before the Six Nations.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
He turned down a chance to coach his country in 2006, believing that the busier fixture list at Wasps would suit him better as he grieved the death of his brother.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
They rebuilt their lives, married, and grieved when they lost loved ones of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, who is from Milan, said he was "grieved" by the accident and called for answers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
“You must know that though I should be exceedingly grieved at their disapprobation, I could not hesitate.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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“Something has happened and I believe in his own way he is going to be grieving and I feel so sad for him,” said North Carolina’s Wendi Cornett.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Several psychologists were available to consult with grieving children under the care of their parents, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
She is tasked with using a new device to remotely pilot the body of a brain-dead patient from California to New England, where the grieving mother of the comatose man awaits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The remains of a stillborn baby were left on the floor of a funeral home for almost two years and his grieving parents given the wrong ashes, a court has heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He immersed himself in Ovid, grieving his loss in silence, and she continued to watch him for the next half hour until her parents came into the living room to take her home.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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