grieve
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Sara and I grieve with the American people over the loss of our dear friend, Senator Lindsey Graham.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
But permit me, as a lifelong MMA fan, to grieve a bit for my favorite sport: the only one I’ve ever truly loved.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
"We don't want other families to have to grieve their children."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
“They still have bills to pay and jobs they go to every day. All they want is time to grieve and heal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“You grieve beyond what is natural, and your body does weaken and waste away,” she says gently.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Club and country team-mate Jamie George says England will rally around captain Maro Itoje as he grieves the death of his mother.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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
At 19:26 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country grieves alongside the UK at this time.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
It grieves me to think that I have brought shame to the place that has sheltered me, that by my unwitting deeds, St. Emilion might be ruined.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
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
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
So the family received the body, held a funeral and they grieved.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
The trees were the worst loss and damage, for at Sharkey’s bidding they had been cut down recklessly far and wide over the Shire; and Sam grieved over this more than anything else.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
“You can have somebody die during the estrangement,” says Christine Droney, a licensed clinical social worker in Lititz, Pa., who often sees clients who are grieving the impact of estrangements they initiated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As for Rogue, she is grieving the loss of Gambit, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s this exact type of cultural disappearance that Kojima was grieving during his weekend comments.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Witnessing your sadness, anger or frustration might actually be helpful to your niece in her own grieving process.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
One can speculate that grieving parents were unable to let go of their children’s bodies in a society that viewed the spirit as adhering to the flesh.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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