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torment

[tawr-ment, tawr-ment, tawr-ment] / tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt /




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After the torment of defeat in week one, Scotland are top of the table.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, Lucy’s life is upended when she is expelled from school; but years later, and not without making another questionable choice, she is finally free from his torment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

That’s because Patriots-Seahawks is the one matchup designed specifically for the psychological torment of New York Jets fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

She’d done something even worse than torment harpies.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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