cried
Americanverb
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"That's the prettiest song I ever heard," Wagoner cried when he first heard it, her website says.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It’s been a good retirement, since Fed formally hung it up in September 2022, at that Laver Cup finale where he and Rafa Nadal cried and pretty much everybody else did, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
When she saw the exhibition last week, Escutia cried.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Pant's mother, Deepa, cried as she appealed to let her son return.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
We cried then, and clung to one another in the dark of the garden.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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