calvary
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Jessie Sheehan, on the other hand, skips the oats and calls in pecans, and a calvary of spices including ginger and nutmeg.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022
It took penalties, in the end, to separate the teams, to determine which set of fans would remember this journey as a holiday and which a calvary.
From New York Times • May 18, 2022
So began a calvary of severe fatigue, brain fog, imbalance and other symptoms that are still with her eight months later.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021
His calvary - his enemies would say "deceit" - goes back to 2006.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2016
It was but a short, brief journey to the royal apartments above in the Pavilion de l'Horloge, but it must have been an interminable calvary to the gallant Henri de Navarre.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche