bane
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Wait times are the bane of the hospital service.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Lego’s effectiveness as a visual lingua franca must be both a point of pride for The Lego Group and, at times, its bane.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
And then there are weather disruptions, the bane of non-league football.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
“I was like, you know, startled, and then I realized what it was,” he said, recalling his first experience with the stop-start engine feature that has become the bane of many Americans’ driving existence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"Ser Alliser's bane," he grunted, and two of his companions shared a laugh that Bran did not understand.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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