commiserate
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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
But the episode really culminates in a tender scene between Julie and Emily, where they commiserate over their different forms of grief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
I was Madame Ngemba, someone to commiserate with in the market over the price of fruit, the mother of children who sought mischief with theirs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
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
She commiserates with a friend whose mother has also left.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Hijazi vented to Gowan, who commiserated from vacation in Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
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
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu described the incident as unfortunate and commiserated with families of the deceased victims.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
“I gathered that you ‘ran up against’ Chadwick while in Europe,” commiserated Ernest Pollard of Yale, who had received his doctorate under Chadwick the year before.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
Blanca and I were walking back from the subway after our night classes at Hunter, commiserating about how much work we both had.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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