compassion
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Penrod said people will often claim to support people with mental-health issues “until you act mentally ill,” and he would rather act with compassion toward Ye.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,” she told the Daily Mail.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
In a cover letter from the American teacher, dated three days after the disaster, she wrote: "Please convey to your children's parents our heartfelt feelings of compassion."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Carney added that the message showed a "lack of judgement and a lack of compassion."
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
At first it seemed to me that we should invite them, too, to Bloe-mendaal, to live side by side with those they had injured, to seek a new compassion on both sides.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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