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Recent Examples of pathos
And the film works its way toward a finale of more stoic pathos than might be expected from such a canny franchise extension.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
There are some solid jokes, one extremely weird and creative sequence involving anthropomorphic bacteria, and a sweet ending that arrives at its pathos quite naturally.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2026
Spare me the pathos, the redemption arc.
—Chloe Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
Aristotle told us effective advocacy needs logos, ethos and pathos—logic, credibility and emotion.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
There are some solid jokes, one extremely weird and creative sequence involving anthropomorphic bacteria, and a sweet ending that arrives at its pathos quite naturally.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2026
Spare me the pathos, the redemption arc.
—Chloe Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
Aristotle told us effective advocacy needs logos, ethos and pathos—logic, credibility and emotion.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathos
Noun
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Indeed, in Iran the slaughter of protesters by the Iranian Republican guards filled me with sorrow and outrage.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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As the communities in Maui continue to rebuild their homes and their lives two years after the wildfires killed 102 people, the flooding added to the sorrow.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This balancing act -- holding both her grief and her drive to keep going -- fed her work as a grief counselor and end-of-life photographer for families.—
MAGGIE PENMAN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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But her unresolved case has cast a long shadow on their grief.—
Annalise Peterson,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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And while fans and teammates have embraced their former nemesis, his recent streak of three goals in two games have also produced memories of past April anguish.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
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Reinhart’s character, having woken up inside the ship, grapples with moments of doubt and anguish throughout the music video.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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But, as Will Wade proved on Thursday, those love stories can quickly turn into heartache.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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The American band’s 1996 debut spun indie pop gold from heartache and secondhand Hammond organ.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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The terror that day left a trail of anxiety and heartbreak that lingered long after the shooting at the high school in Parkland ended with 17 people killed.—
Kamye Hugley,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Saturday could see more heartbreak for fans (or optimism) with three upset winners scheduled to play top seeds.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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The transition from agricultural employment to factory employment involved wrenching mass migration, the utter misery of the Great Depression (as well as other brutal recessions, now faded from collective memory), and the painful dealmaking of the New Deal.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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In contrast, his wife, Chandravati, is selfish as a daughter-in-law and disrespects Swasthani, leading to enormous misery for her.—
Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite notched its worst day since October and slid into correction territory, dragged down by Meta’s 8% loss on the back of its legal woes.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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And many fear the picture for water woes and wildfires in 2026 is just not good.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Pathos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathos. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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