anguish
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Within the first 72 hours of a 26-day game, “Survivor 50,” featuring 24 veteran players, had already delivered feuding, anguish and heartbreak.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
His death reminded her of her mother's anguish when Jallad's brother was killed decades earlier.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
The exodus is causing anguish amongst New Zealand's lawmakers - on both personal and policy fronts.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Mr. Ireland also shows the anguish Trotsky suffered at the mistreatment of his family members left behind, many of whom were exiled or shot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
His tears were a mixture of anger, forgiveness, anguish, and exultation, the emotions overlapping and bleeding into one another, so that he was unable to separate them.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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