A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SOB

Sun, 30 Nov '25
Break down in tears
Thu, 13 Nov '25
Cry, cry, cry
Sun, 14 Sep '25
___ story
Sun, 7 Sep '25
Have a bawl
Mon, 23 Jun '25
Break down in tears
Wed, 4 Jun '25
Shed tears
Sun, 6 Apr '25
Wail
Mon, 3 Feb '25
Weep loudly
Sun, 19 Jan '25
Break down
Fri, 17 Jan '25
Blubber
Wed, 18 Dec '24
Sad sound
Sat, 23 Nov '24
More than tear up
Sun, 3 Nov '24
Break down
Wed, 11 Sep '24
Break down
Sun, 28 Apr '24
Weep
Sat, 23 Mar '24
Blue belt?
Wed, 27 Sep '23
Let it all out, in a way
Tue, 18 Apr '23
Cry out loud
Thu, 16 Mar '23
Blubber
Fri, 6 Jan '23
Word with sister or story
Wed, 20 Jul '22
___ story
Mon, 18 Jul '22
Cry uncontrollably
Wed, 23 Feb '22
Cry hard
Sun, 26 Dec '21
Word with story or sister
Sun, 12 Sep '21
Have a good cry
Wed, 7 Apr '21
Have a bawl
Tue, 6 Apr '21
Kind of story
Wed, 17 Feb '21
Weep audibly