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grief

[greef] / grif /


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Broadhurst's partner, Ann Newman, told the court she had had a "future stolen from me" and described facing up to a daily battle with grief and loss.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Some years before the film takes place, Cassie drops out of med school, consumed by remorse and, later, grief.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Painful memories force her to confront first her own choices, then personal grief and finally, the family secrets that provide the novel’s distinctly elegiac and holistic tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The white heat of immediate grief makes you smarter and more resilient,” she told Chin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“I didn’t have to face my grief, like Asase said?”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

There are griefs other than antisemitism and racism, she complains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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

Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

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

This notifies our mod team, who will examine the player's behaviour for signs of intentional griefing.

From Nature ● May 17, 2016

"The amount of griefing that goes on for the higher value pledges just isn't worth the amount of money it brings in," he said.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2013




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