as in to sympathize
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Recent Examples of condole
Despite nationwide protests, the prime minister has not yet condemned Lankesh’s murder or condoled with her family.
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Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condole
Verb
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Reddit users sympathized with the pregnant woman in the comments section.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump empathized with Adams in public remarks, comparing the mayor’s legal woes to his own in criticizing the DOJ under the Biden administration as politicized.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Netflix also made statements clarifying its position during the Chappelle scandal and publicly empathized with aggrieved staff members.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Ivey commiserated with Aaron about her experiences with her son, Jaden Ivey, who suffered a broken fibula on Jan. 1 while playing with the Detroit Pistons.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Hearing the other move around, flick the light switch on and off, pound the floor, the insomniac empathizes while recognizing that to commiserate would be to bar the door to oblivion for both.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Still, those less familiar with her work will still enjoy the series, assured Follows.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Economists and Olympic officials assured residents the Games would bring an economic boom to the city.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The cooked mirepoix gets blitzed with chicken broth, but once it’s added back to the pot, the soup turns into a creamy, comforting dish, without a carrot or celery chunk in sight.—
Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel,
Bon Appétit,
12 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps the mother-in-law saw the baby crying and wanted to help comfort them, or was confused about the purpose of breastfeeding—thinking the act is only meant to comfort babies and not nourish them.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Quan, now 53, also recalls Ford consoling him while filming that frightening sequence, which sees Ford's titular explorer and Quan's sidekick character, Short Round, chart an escape from the Temple of Doom.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The game follows four protagonists including Captain America and Black Panther, with some shockingly awe-inspiring visuals pushing the current generation consoles hard.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Minutes later, the Canadian fans were cheering for something else.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Footage shared by the NFL shows the crowd cheering for him when he was shown saluting during the national anthem.—
Andre Byik,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Instead of reassuring them, the agency’s then-chief of staff, Matt Hopson, told staff that the White House did not plan on restarting most of the aid projects, according to two officials familiar with his comments.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
9 Feb. 2025
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Some students were far from reassured, and some showed up with protest signs.—
Jessica Abramsky,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Condole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condole. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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