agonizing

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In one agonizing moment, Boston’s hopes of repeating as champions crumbled on the hardwood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

But resources will always be finite, and it’s not clear how doctors could make such agonizing decisions better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Miller’s 1968 play, written during the agonizing days of the Vietnam War, concerns the disposition of the remains of a once-illustrious estate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Wood had been agonizing over what to say to convince the board to spare his life.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

After an agonizing hour of doctors poking and prodding, eight men carried Garfield on the mattress through the train station to the exit.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow