as in feels (for)
to have sympathy for
who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?
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Love Story, by turns, elevates its lovers, pities them, humanizes them.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Yearns (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearns%20%28over%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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