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comfort

[kuhm-fert] / ˈkʌm fərt /




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"May it bring a tiny bit of comfort in knowing villagers care and are saddened by the news."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

And “Aperture,” the culmination, is Harry in his comfort phase, the New Yorker who has watched everything around him get renovated and priced out and has grown, in spite of it, into his own confidence.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

The rest of us will view these claims as another set of lies—but we will also take some comfort that at least the war is over.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

A bigger source of comfort has been a building trust on Wall Street that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will act as a steady hand for markets since his Jackson Hole speech.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

We took great comfort and courage from her endless patience and perseverance.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

With higher ticket prices and more competition — not only with other touring bands but with the allures of home comforts — audiences need a bigger draw.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

There’s a trade-off: We experience a little emotional discomfort by being constantly surveilled, but we are rewarded with the more physical comforts of safety and efficiency.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

Fery grew up a short walk away from the All England Club and is enjoying the home comforts of staying with his family during the Championships.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Security is omnipresent, and the comforts we take for granted in the West can vanish without warning—as when my upscale hotel couldn’t muster a hot shower.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

The Wall offered few of the comforts that southron ladies and little highborn girls were used to, and the Nightfort offered none.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Kirby said she was comforted by the actions the city's health department was taking in terms of testing.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

“To have gay couples come up crying, saying thank you is incredible and it’s what you do it for. The best feeling in the world is to know that we’ve comforted someone.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Rowan listened as the others talked, feeling comforted by their presence.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

But fear not, Margo’s wig remains a comforting presence through it all.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

This will be its sixth season in five years, and in an age when streaming shows can take years between seasons, there’s something comforting in such a reliably consistent cadence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

There was a comforting nostalgia in watching her surrounded by tchotchkes, radiating the loose, warm confidence that made “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” such a phenomenon in the 1990s.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

At a time when market leaders are all about the promise of future AI riches, it’s comforting to own shares in an old-school company that can afford to reward shareholders generously today.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

I honestly am, and I find it oddly comforting.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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