misery
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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
These faults, coupled with a lack of consistency in playing partners, is compounding the misery.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“We see the same sorts of problems and concerns and misery that we’ve been seeing for the last 15 months,” said Welch, the Children’s Rights attorney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
He watched Io’s misery, turned into a beast, driven from her home; he dared not come to her help.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 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
But none of these miseries was the true reason the plantations were so evil.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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