agonize
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That gave staffers roughly a month to agonize over whether they would be on the list, some of them in public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“I used to agonize over things. I worry a lot less today. You realize that what shows up in the process, that might take you by surprise, is often better than what you’d planned for.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 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
In another, a girl agonizes while her 10-year-old sister buys a maroon lifeguard hoodie.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Tellez left Citrus College in October 2020 and still agonizes over the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
When semaglutide agonizes these receptors, it tells the body to make more insulin.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
Additional copies have been filed elsewhere for posterity and safekeeping, as the desk copies often meet such gruesome fates while Chandresh agonizes over every word.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 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
Kwangchul Youn was a mesmerizing storyteller as Gurnemanz; Brian Mulligan a poignant, agonized Amfortas; Falk Struckmann a powerful Klingsor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
“That’s what agonized him so much — that when you record things, they are forever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
He agonized about leaving our office, although he was less conflicted about leaving Alabama.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Among them are white male entitlement versus the crushing demands of Black exceptionalism; the complicated bond linking fathers to sons; and the agonizing bravery required of mothers raising boys the world is conditioned to ostracize.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Collins stood outside for several agonizing minutes, hearing their muffled voices.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
Summer of 1918—Breath of hope that sweeps over the scorched fields, raging fever of impatience, of disappointment, of the most agonizing terror of death, insensate question: Why?
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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