sympathetic
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Some $50,000 in fees flew in from all over, mostly from sympathetic people with no intention of ever coming to play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"The accumulation of cases makes clear that these are not isolated episodes or the fruit of dark conspiracies," warned centre-left newspaper El País, traditionally sympathetic to the Socialist Party.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Mr. Smith has some very sympathetic, likable and, naturally, very good-looking principals on whom to hang his tale.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“I am very sympathetic with voters who want to take their time to make their decision in this very fluid election,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Once sympathetic to slaveholders, Van Buren is not an abolitionist but joins those who oppose slavery’s expansion in favor of free, white workers.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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