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blubbed

verb

past tense of blub, chiefly British

as in cried

to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress the little girl was blubbing so uncontrollably that we couldn't understand what she was saying

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So when Lily stepped out of a cab and told Marshall his dad had died of a heart attack, we were stunned and cried right along with the devastated couple.

— Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
Daviss also cried with the cast and crew after filming his last scene.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

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Officers described the videos recorded by that camera, writing that Westman seemed agitated after a visit with family and at times sobbed before driving by the church and school the night before the attack.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Afterward, Sanchez sobbed and Corbalan turned to the Sanchez family.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sobbed

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President Lincoln shut himself in a room and wept alone following his burial, eventually taking solace in caring for a grieving Tad.

— Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Vlasova, who during her years in Russian detention had watched countless times as others were freed and she was left behind, wept.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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