agony
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Marking six months since her mother’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie shared an emotional public appeal, calling the anniversary “an agony beyond words” and urging anyone with information to help investigators.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
He scored both goals as Brazil beat Germany in the final, standing in front of us in the world's media in Yokohama with the simple phrase: "The agony is over."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Living like this is agony," said Meyboll Font, a 51-year-old self-employed social media community manager.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
From Fort Lee, across the Hudson, Gen. George Washington watched the catastrophe in agony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Lillian had often shared the agony of other wives whose husbands had vanished from the protective embrace of radar.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
He’s more popular than ever, and those prior agonies helped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“It’s this tight knot of agonies, and humiliations, and social problems, and this is experienced by millions of us in the richest country in the history of the world.”
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
In the final scene of “Forrest Gump,” a white feather dances from Forrest’s feet, into the air, representing one of the movie’s major threads: Are life’s joys and agonies predestined, or are they indiscriminate?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Almost as if they were, briefly, spectators watching the agonies of two strangers.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
Now she would be in agonies of regret, and could not know what she had done to him.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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