GRIEVES (FOR) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

grieves (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of grieve (for)

as in mourns

to feel or express sorrow for I grieve for our loss

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Community mourns double tragedy Later that night, Mayor Bass visited the crash site.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
History and imagination mix as Hanks, playing Abraham Lincoln, mourns for his dead son, while the spirits of the dead, voiced by an A-list cast, meditate on grief and empathy.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

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Grandis says her education prepared her with the skills to work in her field but laments a competitive job market where those with just a little more experience have an advantage.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Paisley’s original song plays in the background of a scene near the end of the episode in which Stan laments Kenny dying (again) due to an e-bike battery explosion.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026

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The girl’s mother now strongly regrets ever giving her daughter the raw milk and has tried to raise awareness of the risk—only to get barred from online groups for speaking out.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
And not every middle-class or wealthy parent who similarly chose to send their kid to a low-income neighborhood school regrets their decision.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

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