He expressed solicitude for my health. a growing solicitude over the possible results of the criminal investigation

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Without China’s deceit and WHO’s solicitude for Beijing, the outbreak might have been more limited, and the world at the very least would have had more time to react. Rich Lowry, National Review, "Blaming China and WHO Isn’t Scapegoating," 10 Apr. 2020

Likewise, the show’s depiction of a strain of officious bureaucracy that uses an ostentatious form of well-meaning solicitude to mask various forms of self-serving malice occasionally strikes home. Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, "Watching South Park at the End of the World," 3 Apr. 2020

In some ways, his circumstances seem even less worthy of judicial solicitude than his predecessors’ were. The Economist, "Follow the money The Supreme Court wades into the battle over Donald Trump’s finances," 16 Dec. 2019

Frederick’s solicitude for Agatha puts him on a collision course with his dad. Celia Wren, Washington Post, "Bravo for reviving the play that scandalized Jane Austen’s world," 11 Nov. 2019

Yet there are way too many endearing acts and instances of real solicitude to dismiss him as an irredeemable jerk. Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Mailbag: Can Serena Williams Win the U.S. Open?," 14 Aug. 2019

Acosta’s solicitude for those 21 laggards should be weighed against the fact that today’s federal minimum wage is close to a historical nadir for the U.S. Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "A strong endorsement of the $15 minimum wage from the Congressional Budget Office," 9 July 2019

Although the number of high-poverty white communities is growing (many are rural; solicitude for these prompted Texas Republicans to support the Ten Percent Plan), poor whites are less likely to live in high-poverty neighborhoods than poor blacks. Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, "What you should know about race-based affirmative action and diversity in schools," 3 July 2018

And then, my solicitude surprised no one, not me, not him, not our friends and family. Carolita Johnson, Longreads, "A Woman’s Work: Home Economics," 21 June 2018

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