commiserate

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

A smattering of local Facebook groups against data centers, where members can chat and commiserate, have garnered thousands of community members in just a few months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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

“Father Mother Sister Brother” is here to commiserate, but because the veteran indie auteur remains a sharp chronicler of the quotidian, he has no patience for sentimentality or pat resolutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

The adults headed down to the basement to commiserate or whatever, leaving the three of us alone in the living room.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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

She commiserates with them on painful anniversaries - the day their children were taken away by social services, or the last time they spoke to their parents.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2017

When I relate this to Caroline on the phone, she commiserates, “Ugh, a no-brainer. ”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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

During weekends at Johnson’s Millbrook, New York, estate, Sothea says they watched movies in her home theater and commiserated over their painful pasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu described the incident as unfortunate and commiserated with families of the deceased victims.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

Lawrence commiserated, also revealing her struggle with those ubiquitous before-and-after photos in magazines and online.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

“Ah rather be shot with tacks than tuh hear dat ’bout mah- self,” Lige Moss commiserated.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Most people react in similarly positive ways, expressing empathy or, my personal favorite, commiserating with me over their own nebulous medical conditions.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

Routinely dispatched to this unassuming street in Marion County, Fla., the officers are invariably charmed by the tight-knit families they find, joking with the kids, commiserating easily with the parents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

There was no celebrating in the clubhouse Sunday, but there was no commiserating either.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

After the match we walked through the streets of Barcelona back to our hotel with Sir Bobby congratulating every Italian who recognised him and commiserating with Brazilians in their hour of despair.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

Our lives were shaped in this room and now it will never again be the place of people crying, hugging, hating, commiserating, or tolerating, but who knows? but I’m learning that they don’t have to.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers