"We have neighbors, family, friends who are gay people, " Carol Oldham explains, tears welling up in her eyes.

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Vivien rubbed at his wrist so tenderly that I found myself welling up.

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"These are our heroes, " the governor said, welling up with tears.

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As Trask, 59, describes it, all his love of the American West came welling up in him, mixed with his wish to be independent, to be his own boss, like the cowboys of old.

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Mr. Morse said he found himself welling up.

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You come home from the war and you see civilians going about their normal lives, and then some people get into a quarrel over some minor thing and you feel this anger welling up inside you.

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