heartache
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Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix, who has been supporting the operation remotely, told AFP that the rescue efforts were "back in miracle country" after a "week of 24/7 heartache".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In such moments, Ms. Smith offers her own translation of the strange and specific vocabulary of heartache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Argentina prevailed on penalties to provide yet more World Cup heartache for the Three Lions.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I have felt pain and heartache in unexplainable great measures the last few years. But I know my greatest pain cannot compare to the pain they felt after losing a loved one,” Reggie said.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Robert Louis Stevenson had a unique ability to capture young imaginations while touching on adult hopes and heartaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
“Sun House” is Duncan’s seventh book, an epic tale spanning the lives, heartaches and triumphs of a menagerie of characters committed to building a loving community in contemporary America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
“This is an intriguing novel filled with surprises, thrills, triumphs, and the heartaches of a family connected through time and circumstance.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
"Mo" marks the first time American audiences get an honest glimpse into the life of a Palestinian American family living in Houston, complete with all laughs, heartaches, struggles and joys that it entails.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2022
If you multiply by zero, you still get zero, and a thousand heartaches.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing heartache
Vocabulary from Langston Hughes's "Jazz as Communication"
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