commiserate
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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
The feature bothers him so much that he brought it up to his family around Thanksgiving last year, expecting to commiserate with his mother, brother, sister—and his brother-in-law, me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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
We snuck into each other’s rooms by night to trade secrets, argue, commiserate, spy, and continue chess games and monopoly games that had begun days earlier.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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In the clips that were shown during the hearings, no one in the room commiserates with him.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
This mysterious figure commiserates with the Riddler about the plight of would-be criminal masterminds like them: “One day you’re on top, the next you’re a clown.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
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
Clinton traveled to New York to appear on “SNL” as hoped, playing a bartender named Val who commiserates with Kate McKinnon’s Clinton.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
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
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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
They commiserated in the Facebook group and sought advice on Reddit about how to replicate the flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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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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
Instead, it offers a relaxed conversation, commiserating over a dish that didn’t turn out as planned or celebrating one that exceeded expectations.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 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
When the Trojans and Bruins meet again, the fans from both sides who dutifully attend likely will be commiserating over another lost season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
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
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