broken heart
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“I played with the twins since we were 14 years old,” Leslie wrote, along with a broken heart emoji, in the comments of the WNBA’s Instagram post announcing Horton’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"You can't move. You're like a prisoner and you didn't do anything wrong," she told AFP, saying that the woman for whom she cared would "have a broken heart."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
She had a "broken heart that words can not describe", she added.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
I conclude not with a joke but with a proverb at the essence of most Jewish jokes: What is as whole as a Jew with a broken heart?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
When I hung up the phone that night I had a wet face and a broken heart.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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