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at wit's end





ADJECTIVE
perplexed
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His aunt and caregiver, Kymberly Stacks, was at wit’s end, and took Easton to Siskin Children’s Institute, a nonprofit healthcare organization in Tennessee that accepted his Medicaid insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

"I am at wit's end how to proceed."

From Reuters Sep. 22, 2023

“We imagine a loved one at wit’s end — agitated, frustrated and tired — for all they have been through getting to this moment,” Kelley said.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2023

Ms. Togna said that she felt isolated and at wit’s end.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2022

Long visit from Doctor; desperate; at wit's end; and with a sermon hanging upon my mind.

From Woman's Endurance by A. D (August D.) Luckhoff




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