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agony

[ag-uh-nee] / ˈæg ə ni /


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Agony somehow became something to chuckle about even when Gadsby gruesomely described the extent of her injury.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2022

Dolly also holds a position as a modern-day Agony Aunt for the Sunday Times Magazine.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

Agony is the price of the human experience.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2018

He took tremendous heat for portions of an investigatory piece about Apple, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” that he later confessed were made up.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2018

When they arrived in the town called Agony, Luna ran ahead to the widow woman’s house, just at the border.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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