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agony

[ag-uh-nee] / ˈæg ə ni /


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Bordeaux-Begles scored five first-half tries as they retained the Champions Cup with an emphatic victory over Leinster in the final in Bilbao and prolonged the Irish team's agony in European rugby's showpiece game.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Hidden is the agony of parents mourning the loss of their babies.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Such is her agony at the memory of aborting their baby that she relies on her diary entries from the time to carry the weight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Zoe Trafford often had to play the role of agony aunt to her customers.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

David Shoun later recalled that in all his years as a doctor he’d never seen a man in such agony: “He was halloing and was in awful misery.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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