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heartache

[hahrt-ayk] / ˈhɑrtˌeɪk /


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It will be the Kiwi Ferns' seventh successive appearance in the showpiece match, but having won the first three between 2000-2008, three trips to the final since then have all ended in heartache.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

A greatest hits of humanity’s current fears forms the backdrop to a complex, woozy tale—mostly realist, with brief incursions into phantasmagoria—of doomerism and heartache, wealth and greed, art, transcendence and spiritual reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

After processing the heartache of losing another parent in a different way, Tomlinson allowed herself to miss the good memories with her father and assuage any longing for revenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

I was glad my incompetence in the romance department gave her a little break from her heartache.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Readers uninvested in Mr. Fukuyama’s crusade to vindicate himself—and to put naysayers in their place—will wish he’d spent more time on the details and heartaches of Japanese-American life in the years surrounding the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Rather, Pelphrey’s delivery of that line – the entire dialogue he shares with Ruffalo’s scuffy agent, truly – is one of the saddest moments in a story that lives in its heartaches.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

It sure was great — despite numerous stumbles, obstacles and heartaches — while it lasted.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

“Father says I must tell you everything, but the inside story of the life of the leper in a poor and sadly abandoned leper colony is too full of heartaches, misery, and want,” she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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