wept

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Outside the main mosque, a mother wept, leaning forward to stroke the coffin of her daughter, Zeynep.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

For someone who wept at seeing the modern Tatars enter Baghdad, the prospect of a similar fate befalling Tehran is more than a strategic policy shift.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Of course some of us wept and raged when he once again had to flee some bigger monkey that he had clearly annoyed, but while Punch was certainly cowed, he was never broken.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

She wept, and embraced her mother and original coach, Eileen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o’clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott