broken heart
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“I played with the twins since we were 14 years old,” Leslie wrote, along with a broken heart emoji, in the comments of the WNBA’s Instagram post announcing Horton’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Soon they give way to other, less welcome firsts: first broken heart, first hospital visit, first death of a loved one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
I was lucky to get out with only a broken heart, not a broken life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
"Ramadan without the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a very sad feeling, a feeling of having a broken heart," said worshipper Zeyad Mona.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
It sounds like it’s filled with the shards of her broken heart.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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