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
The American spies didn’t do it for money, which Cuba had little of, but because they were sympathetic to the revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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
But they were instantly sympathetic with my efforts to help Haarlem’s Jews.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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