anguish
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Anguish and ambiguity are perfectly compatible in the world that Williams inhabits.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
Anguish colored the faces of Maria's son and another daughter, age 16, as they stepped in to continue running the tamale cart in the very spot where their mother was taken into custody.
From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025
Anguish soon turned to relief for the former Arsenal man, though.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023
Anguish and grief spread after the shooting through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Anguish of Ireland had once dreamed of a wind which blew down all their castles and towns—and this one was conspiring to do it It was blowing round Benwick Castle on all the organ stops.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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