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grief

[greef] / grif /


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I lived in a fog of grief and shock.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

“Chef’s Table” showed me that food could be a lens through which to understand culture, grief, resilience, identity, and community.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Shock and grief have hit members of the alpine climbing community with the President of Nepal's National Mountain Guide Association Tul Singh Gurung saying they had "lost a generation of accomplished mountaineers".

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

For weeks after Kahaan's funeral, Prashant Patel struggled to emerge from grief.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Piles and piles of regret, guilt, and grief spill over, a torrent I can’t stop.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

There are griefs other than antisemitism and racism, she complains.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

The conversation ranges from what people think constitutes “a good death” to griefs they carry: old and new, individual and collective.

From Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2023

This might be dramatised fiction but the losses and griefs are very real.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2022

“Even in WandaVision — really all of the films I’ve gotten to do — she’s constantly straddling this line and usually her biggest emotive losses or griefs are when something’s born,” Olsen said.

From The Verge May 9, 2022

“Mother,” he turned toward her with eyes full of despair, “if you could ha’ knowed back in 1830 of all the griefs you’d hev.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

I can only say how sincerely I ask pardon for having griefed you.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

Fake news and misinformation are part of that, as are the traditional griefing techniques of subcultural trolls.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2016

“Folks who are griefing or trolling feel like they are in a secondary universe that isn’t the same as the real world,” he said.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2016

The practice of ruining things for others, originally known as griefing in the online gaming world, has become a sadly abundant element of internet life.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2016

Although Lin's efforts are “admirable and likely industry-leading”, the representative says, many games are still “awash with verbal harassment, griefing and overall negative behaviour from teammates and opponents”.

From Nature Mar. 29, 2016

"The amount of griefing that goes on for the higher value pledges just isn't worth the amount of money it brings in," he said.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2013




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