as in to mourn
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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as in to wail (for)
to feel or express sorrow for
I grieve for our loss
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
That Explores Female Desire The show, which airs Fridays at 10pm ET, follows three women on a crash course to radically overturn their lives, each recounted through Gia, a writer grieving the loss of her family.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
While visiting her son's memorial on a cliff in the woods, the grieving mother plans to kill herself until a man by the name of Richard (Finn Wittrock) talks her off the ledge.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Suzanne Morrison on Monday also grieved her own limitations in helping her son with his addiction issues.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Alba Jaramillo, a local organizer for Derechos Humanos, said the event not only grieves those who have died crossing the Sonoran Desert but calls attention to policies that activists say have exacerbated the problem.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
That Explores Female Desire The show, which airs Fridays at 10pm ET, follows three women on a crash course to radically overturn their lives, each recounted through Gia, a writer grieving the loss of her family.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
While visiting her son's memorial on a cliff in the woods, the grieving mother plans to kill herself until a man by the name of Richard (Finn Wittrock) talks her off the ledge.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Suzanne Morrison on Monday also grieved her own limitations in helping her son with his addiction issues.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Grieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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