agonize
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This way, we wouldn’t have to agonize over every ride and could even hop aboard to cross the Grand Canal without having to walk to the nearest bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Rather than agonize over how to restore the landscape to some former, unobtainable baseline of “natural,” officials unanimously agreed that this bold re-imagining of the coast was the best way forward among no perfect options.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Refusing even a hint of introspection, she added: “We don’t agonize over what happened. We organize about what comes next.”
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2024
When they wed, their fans swoon; when stars divorce, people agonize over what went wrong.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024
“Tonight. Isn’t it great? You won’t have to agonize through another whole day.”
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Vocabulary lists containing agonize
The Diary of Anne Frank
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An American Plague
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