bloodguiltiness

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Noun
  • Unique is meant to embody that racial trauma, but Moore doesn’t possess the grit necessary to make the pain and sorrow resonate.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • The reader feels the moment’s vitality and presence, and the sorrow at its loss, but not because Ford insists on it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There’s some sadness mixed with true joy.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • For McKidd, seeing Dane included in the finale montage brought both sadness and gratitude.
    Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • These could simply be great-grandparents put peacefully to rest in old age, a kind of grief far removed from that which children feel over parents who simply cannot care for them, or parents lost to murder or addiction, as some of the letters describe.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • Kera Sanchez is editor-in-chief of Get Griefy Magazine, which is dedicated to helping people living with grief find solace, inspiration, and a sense of community.
    Edie Kasten, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Interfering with a fawn is discouraged; observe from a distance and contact wildlife professionals only if the fawn shows signs of injury, distress, or the mother's prolonged absence.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • There is tap-dancing, a wall that resembles the night sky, a prop headband that resembles a Plumbob, and the discovery that every actor onstage can imitate the animation a Sim does while in distress.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Being separated from her parents as a baby was an unhealed sorrow for Heidi, and her anguish followed her into the messy intimacy of family life.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
  • Her outside-looking in remembrances (Romvari shoots scenes sometimes from the perspective of looking through a window) elliptically convey much – parental anguish about what would be the best call to action for the entire family, not the upheaval felt within the family.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
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“Bloodguiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodguiltiness. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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