suffering
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Despite the suffering and challenges of relocating his hives to an unfamiliar landscape, Al-Dabba said he found "hope after seeing the bees coexist and adapt".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
I gave them another try recently, when suffering through colonoscopy prep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
At his union's offices in the port city, Oleg Grygoriuk, Chairman of the Marine Transport Workers Union of Ukraine, says his members are suffering.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The next Pfizer will be Chinese, Stadig predicts, at the expense of Europe, which is suffering from relative lack of scale, shallow capital markets and slower innovation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It seems obscene to say that I was happy amid so much suffering.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Researchers have increasingly linked such sufferings to heavy social media use among adolescents.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
The poet finds no comfort in his grief because, in Hardy’s view, the universe is indifferent to our sufferings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Throughout the trip, he was deeply moved by the sufferings he witnessed in Gaza and focused on providing aid to the widowed and elderly, he added.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
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
Finally a speaker came forward and spoke of Chicago’s South Side, its Negro population, their sufferings, and handicaps, linking all that, also, to the world struggle.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing suffering
Because of Winn-Dixie
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"The Young American" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The House of Hades
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