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grieve

[greev] / griv /




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Her estate work now feels like an extension—and a way to grieve with, and rely on, her sister.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

"Let us grieve and bury my son King Oyo."

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

"Twenty-five years after 9/11, we mourn and we grieve what happened, and at the same time, we recognize that I am not responsible for what happened," he told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

As for those who grieve them, “they understand why all this happened.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

“We may grieve, but there is no redress.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

"Seattle grieves with you, and we will stand with you in the difficult days ahead."

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

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

“We are a first-world country, and speaking as a physician that knows this can be prevented, it grieves me,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Or when the child has a disability and the parent grieves the vision of the child that they thought they were gonna have.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2025

“It is not my father’s death that grieves me most, but the coldness of my husband.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

She grieved his death through art, painting a large oil portrait of him wearing a cowboy hat that she leaned against the wall of her Brooklyn loft.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

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

At the First Baptist Church, he said, the Eastlands were trying to be respectful as people grieved.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 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

I did not know then how many people had perished, but I knew countless families would be grieving that day.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

While people were grieving and exhausted, critical financial obligations had to be reconstructed, verified and settled.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

In neighbouring Nepal, authorities have given regular updates on the rising number of dead and display names of the missing, while national media show images of families openly grieving.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Twenty-five years on from the deadliest terror attack in history, Jane McMullen asks why thousands of grieving families are still fighting for answers.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

But he was a teenager himself, grieving and lost in a strange world.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John




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