take comfort in
idiom
: to feel less worried/upset because of (something)
I take comfort in the knowledge that I'm not alone.
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Francis Fukuyama, now 71, insists against all the evidence that old-fashioned liberal democracy is bound to prevail; Cass Sunstein, two years Fukuyama’s junior, urges us to take comfort in our fraying rights.
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Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
If this isn’t your Vater’s Germany, reductionists can take comfort in knowing that the Italians remain wholly incapable of change.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
The logic of why audiences take comfort in these sorts of disclaimers is also puzzling to Glaser.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 17 May 2024
Some people take comfort in the dead-of-night silence, and others can't stand it.
—Shannon Ullman, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
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Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
If this isn’t your Vater’s Germany, reductionists can take comfort in knowing that the Italians remain wholly incapable of change.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
The logic of why audiences take comfort in these sorts of disclaimers is also puzzling to Glaser.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 17 May 2024
Some people take comfort in the dead-of-night silence, and others can't stand it.
—Shannon Ullman, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
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