suffering
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Many logging operations in the nation's most heavily-forested state are suffering, and cross-border tourism has tanked.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
It is so gruelling that its Asia tournament in Hong Kong was billed as "physical hell", with player Leo Lines admitting that "anyone that's got the puck" is going through "some level of suffering".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The sight of Georgia Roche, who scored England's only try, in tears at the final whistle and being consoled by her opponents only added to the suffering of English fans who made the trip.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
So what good did it do to point to suffering Sderot for all those years?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
My heart hurts to think of my pretty grandma suffering.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Researchers have increasingly linked such sufferings to heavy social media use among adolescents.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
The letter did not spare the absent father the grim truth: “Her sufferings were great.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
He reminded Americans that they had “in a common cause fought and triumphed together. The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts—of common dangers, sufferings, and successes.”
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
He spoke as a “language appreciator” whose thought still bore the mark of his silent childhood sufferings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
“Do not despair, Ophelia. God’s ways are a mystery,” she says, “and our sufferings often blind us to joy.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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