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Even a retreat that flops can draw employees closer while they commiserate over its lameness, adds Michael I. Norton, a Harvard Business School professor who has studied group rituals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

As people commiserate online, some have shared plans to travel to neighbouring Malaysia to catch Dear You in Teochew.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

When Bill Ackman vented over $2 million, fellow billionaires rushed to commiserate.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

While a dejected England leave for home well beaten and under mounting pressure, Smith told TNT Sports he planned to have "a jar" with counterpart Stokes and commiserate.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

I can, however, commiserate with them on the situations they were forced to endure.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Even if your husband commiserates with you, I wouldn’t assume that he is as bothered by his brother’s actions as you are.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

He teases people about their sneakers and commiserates with people about life on skid row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

Biden was only 10 when his father, in search of a steady job, moved the family to Delaware, a wrenching decision that Biden often cites as he commiserates with the choices facing middle-class workers.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2020

He commiserates, and it sounds genuine — the ambivalent doctor trying to help parents make sense of a chaotic world.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

“I know. I miss my friends from camp so much too,” Emily commiserates.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Carmen Schober, the profile’s author, ignored the way members of Schmidt’s online forum, Skinni Société, commiserated about their hair loss and inability to stand without getting dizzy.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Parents in the bleachers commiserated about insurance battles and issues with landlords and having to relocate again and again and again.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Supporters and opponents formed WhatsApp groups where members commiserated in their righteous indignation and formed strategies to sway a majority in their favor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

And they commiserated about life in space, and how ISS missions -- all three of the American Artemis astronauts had previously served on the ISS -- had prepared them for their historic lunar voyage.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

I commiserated, glad to have something to talk about, glad that she leaned into me to do so.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

His post was flooded with comments, including people commiserating and asking him to advocate on the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Huneven said that last year, as the smoke cleared, she and Zack were commiserating one day about what had been lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

I was moved that the replies weren’t just from those commiserating, but rather, people offering helpful solutions to this cyclical malaise.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

Folkes said he had just been fired by Trump and was commiserating with a crew member inside a bar at Trump Tower.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

They co-ran their luggage business, which meant they spent their days at work together and then spent their evenings at home commiserating over dissatisfied customers or certain suitcases that were damaged beyond repair.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi