weep
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"We were forced to leave because of the Houthis," she told AFP, adding: "My children are still there -- they couldn't get out. I weep for them every day, waiting for them to escape."
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
For one thing, the actor made viewers weep with his Emmy-winning turn as Bill, a man who found unexpected love in “The Last of Us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
All I wanted then was to sink into a pot of chicken-and-rice stew and weep.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025
Watching sports is also fun, even Wisconsin football, where I laugh so I don’t weep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Much as I hated to let the boy see me weep, I could not keep tears from streaming down my cheeks.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
Daniela Lopez, 40, weeps as she speaks with the psychologist.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
No college basketball fan weeps for the Blue Devils’ bad luck, but Duke knows better than most that a great regular season doesn’t guarantee a championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Kywe Nyein, 71, weeps as he explains that his family are preparing to hold the funeral of his five-year-old granddaughter, Thet Hter San.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
Dickinson holds Kidman as she weeps, providing a much-needed safe space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2024
Grandma weeps quietly, huge tears dampening her face.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
He renders the original’s panoply of suffering in accessible English, as in this view of Satan: “With six eyes / He wept, and three chins let the foul tears fall / And bloody foam.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Fong wept as the unanimous verdicts were read out and hugged family and friends after being released from the dock.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
This time, Messi was so happy, he wept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
At a vigil last weekend, community members held placards in solidarity and wept.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
They wept, so great was their desire to stay, tasting forever the honey-sweet flowers.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
During Arbaeen, they show their grief, mourning with weeping and wailing in memory of Hussein.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
The capital was draped in black; thousands lined the streets, weeping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
One of the groups included a weeping mother who had lost her child.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
He saw the Gustanos on the floor, weeping.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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