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Executive education programs are flourishing as business leaders seek additional training and a safe space to commiserate with their peers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As people commiserate online, some have shared plans to travel to neighbouring Malaysia to catch Dear You in Teochew.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

When Bill Ackman vented over $2 million, fellow billionaires rushed to commiserate.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

While a dejected England leave for home well beaten and under mounting pressure, Smith told TNT Sports he planned to have "a jar" with counterpart Stokes and commiserate.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

We snuck into each other’s rooms by night to trade secrets, argue, commiserate, spy, and continue chess games and monopoly games that had begun days earlier.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Even if your husband commiserates with you, I wouldn’t assume that he is as bothered by his brother’s actions as you are.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

In the middle of “The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side,” Jane Marple commiserates with one of her friends about all the changes that have come to their beloved village, St. Mary Mead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022

Biden was only 10 when his father, in search of a steady job, moved the family to Delaware, a wrenching decision that Biden often cites as he commiserates with the choices facing middle-class workers.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2020

He commiserates, and it sounds genuine — the ambivalent doctor trying to help parents make sense of a chaotic world.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

“I know. I miss my friends from camp so much too,” Emily commiserates.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Carmen Schober, the profile’s author, ignored the way members of Schmidt’s online forum, Skinni Société, commiserated about their hair loss and inability to stand without getting dizzy.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Supporters and opponents formed WhatsApp groups where members commiserated in their righteous indignation and formed strategies to sway a majority in their favor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

And they commiserated about life in space, and how ISS missions -- all three of the American Artemis astronauts had previously served on the ISS -- had prepared them for their historic lunar voyage.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu described the incident as unfortunate and commiserated with families of the deceased victims.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

I commiserated, glad to have something to talk about, glad that she leaned into me to do so.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

His post was flooded with comments, including people commiserating and asking him to advocate on the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Oh, Hi!” writer-director Sophie Brooks and Gordon are longtime friends who found themselves both back in their parents’ houses during the early stages of the pandemic and commiserating on relationship troubles and uncommunicative exes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

Folkes said he had just been fired by Trump and was commiserating with a crew member inside a bar at Trump Tower.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

After commiserating with my editor later that night, we decided to anonymize their account and strip most of the identifying details out of this column.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2024

They co-ran their luggage business, which meant they spent their days at work together and then spent their evenings at home commiserating over dissatisfied customers or certain suitcases that were damaged beyond repair.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi