bane
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Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza said young people benefit from technology, but that children, parents, and carers struggle to find where the right balance, saying it is "the bane of our life".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Now he could well become L.A.’s first homeless mayor—fittingly, in a city where homelessness is the greatest civic obsession as well as the greatest civic bane.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
“Anything that’s a giants’ bane is good for us, right?
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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