sorrow
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The aviation giant's attorney Dan Webb expressed the company's sorrow at the crash and said he agreed that the family should receive "significant financial compensation for the harm they've experienced."
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
"With profound sorrow, we must assume political responsibility for this tactical error, which has no justification whatsoever," the statement read.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Yet other institutions, having failed and become sources of endless sorrow, live on, decade after decade, immune from criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
And the announced crowd of 18,145 at Crypto.com Arena made sure he knew that parting is such sweet sorrow, standing and cheering long after the game had ended.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Amid the sorrow of our departure, I allow myself to savor its beauty and dare to imagine for a moment that I am an explorer going in search of new lands.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing sorrow
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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