bane
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International fans who have lived with this flaming dumpster of technology have to chuckle at a Jason-come-lately discovering the bane of their existence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans’ 84-year-old former party leader and long-time bane of Democrats’ existence, checked into a hospital last month and has hardly been heard from since.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
I have had the stomach flu this week — the bane of food writers and recipe testers everywhere — which means I haven’t spent much time in the kitchen.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026
Wait times are the bane of the hospital service.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
She was a bane for business, he told her, a liability and a loss.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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