compassion
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But “Tender Loving Care,” centered on two social service workers navigating the fraying social safety net and, in one case, anxiety about aging parents, possesses a bracing humanity full of compassion and urgency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
“And it leads to even a sense of compassion for him because he had a rough childhood, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Even in the midst of her poor care at the time of her daughter's death, Katie, 41, vividly remembers one midwife who showed some compassion.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Standing before the crowd of mourners was the conciliatory Grabarek of old, the white leader of rare compassion.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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