grieve
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Rather than grieve these losses, Prince moved on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Erik Zimmerman, a fifth-year Weil associate, wrote on LinkedIn, “I grieve the people I thought I’d spend my career with.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
You can grieve the loss of your childhood home without assigning blame.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The GoFundMe fundraiser was launched by Kate Jones to help cover Harrison's funeral and memorial costs, as well as household bills and essential expenses while his parents take time away from work to grieve.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
She wanted him to truly talk to her, help her to help him grieve, but each time she told him, he said, “It’s too late, nkem.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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
What does it look like when a bird grieves?
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
He said the whole town "still grieves greatly".
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
"I wonder where I can get a sword like that? Well, doubtless Loras will make me a gift of it after the battle. It grieves me that it must come to this."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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He also asked for people to give him and his wife, author Bella Mackie, some privacy as they grieved.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Montazeri grieved by sitting in front of his mother’s vanity, imagining she was sitting behind the mirror asking him everyday questions about homework or chores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
In his letter, Altman said he had held off on a public apology to the people of Tumbler Ridge because "time was also needed to respect the community as you grieved".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He also grieved for the moments he would not be able to share with his parents in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
The idea that the temple, wearing its own black band, grieved for the burned-down mansion, that it yearned for a grand and invisible presence, bestowed a faintly religious ambience.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Isabelle may be grieving, but there are bills to pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Green that a grieving mother could bring a Bivens lawsuit against federal prison officials whose deliberate indifference to her son’s asthma attack caused his death.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026
Last year, the Department for Education published statutory guidance, external that said lessons on loss, grieving and bereavement should take place in primary and secondary schools from September 2026.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
She is probably still grieving the loss of your father, but so are you.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Ma whispers back, “Tell him I’m right out my mind with grieving and ain’t talking nor thinking straight.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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