agony
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Her pain was so bad at one point in her late teens that doctors took out her perfectly healthy appendix, believing it was the source of her agony.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Mr. Carney steers things back in a more pleasing direction in the end, but for a light comedy, “Power Ballad” contains far too much perplexed agony.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
So, why did a star-studded team's World Cup dream end in on-field agony and off-field acrimony.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Hidden is the agony of parents mourning the loss of their babies.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Even in my own heart I could give no expression to my sensations—they weighed on me with a mountain’s weight and their excess destroyed my agony beneath them.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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