bane

First is the same thing that is bane of gig-going music fans and frequent fliers alike: dynamic pricing.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

I make a lot of phone calls for stories, and meticulously transcribing those interviews has been the bane of my existence since I was in high school.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

Wait times are the bane of the hospital service.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

And then there are weather disruptions, the bane of non-league football.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

If the gods are good, by now she hasfound Tormund Giants bane.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Tuesday seemed one of our more humid days, and the twin banes of heat and humidity joined to provide the triple-digit experience.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021

Though she clearly champions her subjects, Brewer doesn’t pull any punches about why the festival fell apart after seven years, thanks to those classic banes of arts nonprofits, volunteer burnout and the failure to professionalize.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2020

But we know that paperwork was one of the banes of the housing crisis.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2016

One of the banes of commercial existence has been that Internet domain names can be registered by anyone, in a flash.

From Forbes ● Jan. 23, 2015

And so they went, the bells in their hair ringing softly, while Dany settled down with her small band of survivors in the place they named Vaes Tolono, the city of banes.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin