throes
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The show’s fall of Rome arc, “Death Throes of the Republic,” clocks in at 13 hours.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014
Barcelona has the biggest wage bill of all European clubs, spending 235 million euros in the 2009/10 season, according to a report by the University of Barcelona entitled "Spanish Football in the Throes of Crisis".
From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2011
Merrily they suck the honey From the flowers which with heavy Throes the Master's mind created; And they spice well their enjoyment With their mutual frequent blunders.
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Oh, my heart Seems a cavern deep and drear, From whose dark recesses start, Flatteringly like birds of night, Throes of passion, thoughts of fear, Screaming in their flight.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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