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throes

noun as in agony

noun as in labor

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Dame Angela told BBC Breakfast there was "no basis on which to make a decision" on these claims as the country is "in the throes of change".

From BBC

Kubinec joined the military as a necessity, Svoboda said, to provide for the family in the last throes of the Great Depression in the late 1930s.

A bottle of pinot gets passed around friends as they laugh about the throes of modern dating.

Like other retail workers, Gail’s shop store room is deep in the throes of getting stock ready for the festive rush.

From BBC

The long-ruling party has become increasingly unpopular as Japan finds itself in the throes of economic challenges including soaring inflation, a sluggish economy and a weak yen.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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