agony
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Agony turns to celebration for Glentoran striker Jay Donnelly as his penalty in a shootout is kept out but the ball spins back into net.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
Agony somehow became something to chuckle about even when Gadsby gruesomely described the extent of her injury.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2022
Agony is the price of the human experience.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2018
He took tremendous heat for portions of an investigatory piece about Apple, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” that he later confessed were made up.
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2018
“No, thank you,” I said, without even looking at her, because I would not dress myself up just so I could be dropped, headfirst, into the Sacrificial Pit of Never-Ending Agony.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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