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blubbered

verb

past tense of blubber

as in cried

to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee

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By Monday, the girl who cried all those tears on her guitar will be both the youngest woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall, and youngest-member of the Nashville edition.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
Several jurors cried after viewing autopsy photos of Hedgepeth, according to local media accounts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Five players and the referee tried to catch it, Steph recalled, while its owner sobbed on the sidelines.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
Minutes before he was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Caleb Flynn sobbed as his in-laws read letters written by his two daughters, asking him heartbreaking questions about their mother’s death.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2026

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Her mother, Brandy Salman, wept in the front row, cradled by a family member.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
The prosecutor argued the beatings basically never stopped, claiming footage showed nannies beating one child, then turning their violence toward any of the other toddlers who wept while watching.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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