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
For Silver, who was struggling with her mental health post-Covid and still grieving her father’s death, the band gave her a sense of purpose.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026
Idaho is taking steps to bolster its antiquated coroner system following stories by ProPublica that documented how lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix problems that harm grieving families.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Because of that, many families find that having a support system of other grieving military families can make a big difference.
—Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
The whole country mourned her loss and grieved for her two young daughters, Ellie and Carrie, who were just 6 and 2 at the time.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026
Idaho is taking steps to bolster its antiquated coroner system following stories by ProPublica that documented how lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix problems that harm grieving families.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Because of that, many families find that having a support system of other grieving military families can make a big difference.
—Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
The whole country mourned her loss and grieved for her two young daughters, Ellie and Carrie, who were just 6 and 2 at the time.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 21 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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