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misery

[miz-uh-ree] / ˈmɪz ə ri /




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The RAC said price rises were "showing no signs of slowing, heaping more misery onto motorists".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

For clients caught in a negative spiral, Mr. Schore suggests a “pity party”: designating a set amount of time to wallow in misery before snapping out of it and returning to productive behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Their misery is only going to get worse.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

UK travellers faced more misery on Wednesday with more than 150 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain's air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch that sparked chaos.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Naravirala blinked, and there was a weight of misery in the blink.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Few delights capture our attention as completely as stories that take joy in the miseries of the mega-rich.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

No wonder mud became “shorthand for the miseries of poverty,” Ms. Ziegelman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Apartments, in her view, have spared her from the miseries of suburban housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

Mr Maneshinde said Chakraborty went through "untold miseries" and was jailed "for no fault of hers".

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025

There was an order of misery, misery tucked inside miseries, and you were meant to keep track.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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