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Recent Examples of bereavement
Texas mandates bereavement care with Everly's Law The state last year became the first to mandate maternity hospitals have a cooling bassinet and train staff in bereavement care, with the passage of Everly's Law.
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Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
In Twinless, now available to stream on Hulu, Dennis (Sweeney) and Roman (O’Brien) quickly spark a friendship after meeting in a bereavement support group for twins.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Princess Kate is patron of the organization working across England, Wales, and the Isle of Man to protect children and support adults, working with families that have experienced adversity, abuse and traumatic bereavement.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Researchers and others have noted that experiences like job loss and career change share emotional patterns with grief and bereavement.
—Kathy Caprino, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
In Twinless, now available to stream on Hulu, Dennis (Sweeney) and Roman (O’Brien) quickly spark a friendship after meeting in a bereavement support group for twins.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Princess Kate is patron of the organization working across England, Wales, and the Isle of Man to protect children and support adults, working with families that have experienced adversity, abuse and traumatic bereavement.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Researchers and others have noted that experiences like job loss and career change share emotional patterns with grief and bereavement.
—Kathy Caprino, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
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Newborn mammals find comfort in contact, and rescue animals sometimes seek solace from fuzzy toys in the absence of their families, said Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.—
KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Bank of America Stadium crowd felt the absence of Messi, but found something else to latch onto.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2026
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Kirk declined and was convicted by a jury in February 2025 of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Out of all our celebrity bedrooms, this one is closest to a sensory deprivation tank in its moody details, conjuring a place to disengage, relax, and hibernate.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 2026
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Its only post office is in danger of closing due to lack of funding, and fliers are posted up on lamp posts asking for financial support from the community.—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Lakewood police were heavily criticized for their handling of the investigation into Gratton’s death, including for using her deadname and for an overall lack of transparency about the investigation.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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