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"My deepest sympathies go out to his family, and to the wider Congolese community," he said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Auden ultimately felt that his poem was propaganda, and his sympathies came to lie rather with the common person trampled under the march of History.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Ben Maguire, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, expressed his sympathies to employees, who he said would be "really anxious and uncertain".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The Town of Moncks Corner, its Council, and entire staff extend their deepest sympathies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson