take comfort

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He added that he was "incredibly proud" of his brother and "we know that this loss will be felt by a great many people, and we take comfort in knowing how loved he was".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“And a lot of people take comfort in that. But when you look at the internals of the market, it gets more concerning.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

I take comfort by reading the Book of Job, by reading Psalms, by reading the Song of Songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

But through his work on “Dawson’s,” a generation can take comfort in a starry-eyed boy on a dock in Capeside who once invited us into his messy, emotional world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

“What kind of world is it, Miss Louise, where princesses are taken from right under our noses and queens drop dead and we cannot even take comfort in soup?”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo