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
While residents agonize over FEMA’s decision, the experiences have led many to ultimately agree with FEMA’s reasoning: They cannot trust that the owners intend to preserve their park as affordable housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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
For once, I didn’t agonize over word choice or cross out whole paragraphs and try again.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
In 1415, on the eve of challenging France at the Battle of Agincourt, he agonizes about the moral burdens of kingship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
He agonizes over the decisions he made: Could he have saved more people?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
When semaglutide agonizes these receptors, it tells the body to make more insulin.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
“She agonizes over whether she will see him in the afterlife,” the lawsuit stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022
For the rest of the play, Hamlet agonizes.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Then the singers froze in place, the lighting changed, and the screaming orchestra and Ms. Loera’s projections of Blanche’s agonized face told the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Unlike Steve, I haven’t agonized much about my bygone career or felt much of a vacuum where it once was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Only much later did I find out what agonized him, when I approached his booth and asked if he was taking requests.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Fog swirled around them with a sound like agonized wailing.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Eisenhower’s agonizing responsibilities required him to make many critical decisions: Launch D-Day on June 6, 1944?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The story of Fuller’s death in a shipwreck within sight of Fire Island, N.Y., is agonizing to read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Pessina and her siblings began an agonizing search.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Once she learned this, he added, finalizing her return wasn’t as agonizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
The red arm swept the screen with agonizing lethargy, and then...flash!
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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