heartbreak

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Completing the career Grand Slam last year - ending 11 years of heartbreak and hurt - was a huge relief for McIlroy.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Instead, McIlroy suffered heartbreak after heartbreak and didn’t take home another major for 11 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Though last year’s Final Four run ended in bitter heartbreak, Kirstie is more optimistic about UCLA’s chances this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He unknowingly introduced me to stomach butterflies and later heartbreak when he got his own crush on Imani Anderson, a high schooler who wasn’t even thinking about fourth-grade him.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas