misery
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Cuba has seen a series of rare protests as economic misery grips the island of 9.6 million people.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Anyone who has tried to resolve a billing error or cancel a service knows the misery of long waits, impenetrable phone trees and no clear answers.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Manso said the PCC provides what recruits feel they can’t get elsewhere: escape from “the utter misery of urban life.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
High school athletes are tough and resilient, and that’s what he showed in his moment of misery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The lines of her face were hard and rude, like that of persons accustomed to see without sympathising in sights of misery.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing misery
Inside Out & Back Again
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