sympathetic
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“The student movement was obviously sympathetic at the outset,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
But what “Lanterns” does with John Stewart delineates the divide between sympathetic and empathetic storytelling.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Jose Carlos Freitas, a retired journalist, said Gomes's sympathetic view is not a widely held one.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
My sister is more sympathetic to my mother.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
He even thought that he had detected sympathetic expressions on the faces of a couple of councilmen, too.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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