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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sympathise .
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Examples
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Congress 'sympathises' with farmers 'rallying in Delhi
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Lockerbie bomber: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi 'sympathises' with those who died
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It said the ECO "sympathises" with the people of Gaza following the three-week Israeli war on the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory in December-January that left 1,300 Palestinians dead and 13 Israelis.
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It said the ECO "sympathises" with the people of Gaza following the three-week Israeli war on the impoverished Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory in December-January that left 1,300
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) sympathises with a domestic terrorist!
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Saint George sympathises, rushes to God and pleads with him to grant Yannis more time.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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Over on Newsnight, Gavin Essler, whose sympathises positively ooze from the plasma of the TV screen, did report it, but quickly hedged about with much qualification about other, older polls that have the Tory lead much lower.
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Whelan said he sympathises with the trustees of the former owner Jack Walker's estate wanting to sell, but doubted the sense in doing so to Venky's.
Wigan's Dave Whelan raises doubts about Blackburn's Indian takeover David Conn 2010
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David's problem would be to persuade the public that he had been humbled by New Labour failures; that he really listens; that he understands and sympathises with people struggling at the bottom, as well as the upper-middles.
David Miliband would have to alter his persona. That's very hard 2010
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One sympathises with his predicament how can he start wearing one on TV now?, but one day he might realise that he was the one who grabbed the paintbrush and painted himself into this particular corner.
Students are revolting – and about time too Barbara Ellen 2010
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