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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry (for)
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Murray’s Cheese 7 Monthly Cheese Clubs Shop at The giftable subscriptions available through Murray’s are enough to make any brie lover or gouda hound weep.Sara Coughlin, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
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Family members in the gallery wept deeply and hugged one another as Circuit Judge David Swanson polled the jury.Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
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Misty and Kasey have since asked the court permission to sell properties, including houses in Jeffersonville and Florida, and a barn where Jamey stored a car collection, as soon as possible.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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Anyone with any information is asked to call the Police District Four at 414-935-7242.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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The sport's powerhouse India did not want to host another event, with Zimbabwe - emerging as a destination for major tournaments - and Sri Lanka keen but bypassed for the UAE, a reliable alternative that doubles as headquarters for the sport's governing body.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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He’s been lauded for sounding like a vestige of another age — his supple, keening tenor the result of years of apprenticeship to the Pakistani artists Ustad Saami and Farida Khanum.Emily Lordi Philip Cheung, New York Times, 10 May 2024
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Whoopi Goldberg begs for it Georgia NAACP president warns against election interference; says voter suppression happening now Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump, praises Elon Musk: Watch Will Trump or Harris win?The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Finally, as Chairwoman Tanya Lewis said, the tribe wrote letters begging the government for some land.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The three siblings had initially appointed McMillan and Spicer Jr. to their positions and gave each of them a 10% interest in the company, but Sharon later regretted the decision, sparking the lawsuit.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Only one person has taken her up on the snack, and immediately regretted doing so.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Warren wrote: Wounded women and children crying and moaning, horribly mangled by the bullets … Two Indian men were killed in the hole … Seven women were killed … and three children, two of them in their mothers’ arms.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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The officers try to stand him up, but McAlpin – still moaning – cannot stand.Emily Palmer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
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Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
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“Cry (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20%28for%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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