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pains

noun as in labor

noun as in toil

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On a Friday afternoon in early November, he felt chest pains and went to an emergency room.

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The Royal Thai Army said in a statement that the mine explosion in Sisaket province left one soldier with a severe leg injury, while pressure from the blast caused another to withstand chest pains.

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But he is at pains to stress that there is nevertheless a sense of "honour, kindness, and hospitality" in the Kurdish community.

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It’s about railroads and bridges carved into untamed expanses of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the sacrifices and growing pains necessary to move the country toward modernity.

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Baghdad has been at pains to remain "neutral" in the Ukraine war and does not welcome its young men going to fight for Russia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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