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That leaves IVF patients with the heart-rending decision of when to stop trying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Since the early 1990s, Gilmour’s frequent lyrical collaborator has been wife Polly Sampson, whose sensitivity and topicality often reveals a heart-rending reality that’s never heavy-handed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

Oversight of what was the UK's largest opencast coalmine has been described as a case of "epic mismanagement" with "heart-rending" impacts for local people.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Del Toro won that Academy Award in 2023 for his heart-rending, World War II-set “Pinocchio,” co-directed with the late Mark Gustafson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Wizards avoided Augurey nests for fear of hearing that heart-rending sound, and more than one wizard is believed to have suffered a heart attack on passing a thicket and hearing an unseen Augurey wail.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling