pains
Example Sentences
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Citrini is at pains to point out at the start of their note that this scenario is not a prediction.
From MarketWatch
Cleeves said her daughter was a midwife and had compared grief to labour pains.
From BBC
That spinner of children's nightmares and curer of pains in the belly?
From Literature
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He took pains to make sure it was straight.
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Fed officials didn’t always take pains to communicate with the markets and the public.
From MarketWatch
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