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grief

[greef] / grif /


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Much of her work centers on grief: the grief of motherhood, existing or a home destroyed, Bayouth said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

People often think supporting someone through grief needs to be an act of emotional labor, but offering practical help is equally important.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

"Discovering the truth became my way of handling the consequences of the grief reaction," Swire says.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Grim though it sounds, grief can bring electoral advantages.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

I let the sadness wash over me, the grief rush down my arm and out through my hand.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

He succeeds in showing their interior world, immersing us in the tensions and pleasures, griefs and passions of their days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

The conversation ranges from what people think constitutes “a good death” to griefs they carry: old and new, individual and collective.

From Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2023

This might be dramatised fiction but the losses and griefs are very real.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2022

“Even in WandaVision — really all of the films I’ve gotten to do — she’s constantly straddling this line and usually her biggest emotive losses or griefs are when something’s born,” Olsen said.

From The Verge May 9, 2022

“Mother,” he turned toward her with eyes full of despair, “if you could ha’ knowed back in 1830 of all the griefs you’d hev.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

I can only say how sincerely I ask pardon for having griefed you.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

Fake news and misinformation are part of that, as are the traditional griefing techniques of subcultural trolls.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2016

“Folks who are griefing or trolling feel like they are in a secondary universe that isn’t the same as the real world,” he said.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2016

In a blog post after Tay’s griefing, Peter Lee, the vice president of Microsoft Research, vowed to “work toward contributing to an internet that represents the best, not the worst, of humanity.”

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2016

Although Lin's efforts are “admirable and likely industry-leading”, the representative says, many games are still “awash with verbal harassment, griefing and overall negative behaviour from teammates and opponents”.

From Nature Mar. 29, 2016

And so their griefing of other players is not necessarily done out of meanness, but more out of a sense of exploration, a way of finding their footing in an uncertain new universe.

From The Guardian Jun. 3, 2013




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