agonized
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Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
What if the destruction of your planet left you with a permanent case of agonized alienation, and you became a weird, antisocial loner who hung out in bars drinking alone?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The decision to leave, which she had agonized over for months, had come to her in a split second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
That triggered another fraught process as board members agonized over the structure of a deal that would reward rank-and-file shareholders — not just the Redstones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
Between agonized gasps and groans she muttered that her stomach felt as if it were burning up.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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