miseries

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No wonder mud became “shorthand for the miseries of poverty,” Ms. Ziegelman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Perhaps most painful among the nurses’ many miseries is their isolation: the secrets they keep in hopes of sparing their loved ones an iota of extra suffering.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Nevertheless, he argued, what other top-rated TV series would give airtime and weight to the miseries of the overlooked and downtrodden without painting them as villains?

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

“You cannot blame British newspapers for the miseries heaped on the Prince and Princess of Wales,” columnist Hugo Rifkind wrote in The Times of London.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

At their first meeting after the estrangement, Bernard poured out the tale of his miseries and accepted consolation.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley