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agony

noun as in suffering, pain

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"I think it's real agony. There's nothing casual about letting a book go," she said.

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U.S. sports fans like a little agony and drama before celebrating winning moments.

In other words, it rips out its victims’ eyes and hotwires their brains, all while they’re alive to scream through the agony.

“I love performing. It’s agony, but it’s also terrific. Don’t ever let anybody tell you differently.”

"But when we reached the clinic, we saw that it was closed. I didn't know it had shut down," he said, his face crumpling with agony.

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