as in to mourn
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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Recent Examples of grieve
In the fog of sudden loss, they were left searching for a dog that meant the world to a grieving child.
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
As the violence expands around Tehran, Shiites are not only grieving the death of their leaders but also fear the loss of holy cities and shrines that anchor their collective memory.
—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Now 32, Karanja grieves the milestones and achievements her dad hasn't been able to share — her graduation from college, for example, and her budding career as a researcher.
—Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
The victim’s grieving brother was too distraught to talk to reporters.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
As the violence expands around Tehran, Shiites are not only grieving the death of their leaders but also fear the loss of holy cities and shrines that anchor their collective memory.
—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Now 32, Karanja grieves the milestones and achievements her dad hasn't been able to share — her graduation from college, for example, and her budding career as a researcher.
—Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
The victim’s grieving brother was too distraught to talk to reporters.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieve
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Sanders was still mourning the loss of his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers, who’d fled west, to Los Angeles, nearly seventy years ago.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department mourns the loss of Deputy Levi Vargas, who passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at the age of 30.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Money-minded Venus conjoins aching Chiron in your 4th House of Domesticity, feathering their nests as an example to you.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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Krauss joins Combs on the chorus, her airy vocal serving as a soothing balm over his gritty, aching voice.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2026
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While that same sun will always rise in the East and set in the West, the work of these artists affirms that each new day is ours to make anew — no matter what sorrows may lay behind us.—
Grant Klarich Johnson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sure, the case can be made for this contrast between scatological humor and serious insight working as a mirror for how quickly a person’s reality can shift from joy to sorrow, but the overall effect is puzzling.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Grieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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