excruciating
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Hayley Locksley was 11 years old when she started her periods and excruciating pain became part of her life.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Spencer wrote that Princess Diana struggled academically and found school excruciating at times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Charities step in to help some people leave on chartered planes, as well as via long, excruciating journeys on overcrowded trains and buses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
She was floored by the revelation and, not least, the excruciating pain she was now beginning to fully understand.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yossarian moaned instinctively and screwed his face up with excruciating irritability when Aarfy chortled and asked how he was feeling.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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