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
Until Euro 2016, Wales' story had been dominated by tales of heartache, Joe Jordan's handball in 1977 and the Romania defeat of 1993 among many painful chapters.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
The drums of war had not yet silenced the laughter of the harvesters, but Aziz felt the first pinch of heartache when her father didn’t return on the appointed day.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
The author of the memoir “Free Range Girl” on writers who revisit the struggles, adventures and heartaches of youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
McIlroy's win is both the most significant achievement of his 18-year professional career and the culmination of a journey that has forced him to rebound from a series of major championship heartaches.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
It sure was great — despite numerous stumbles, obstacles and heartaches — while it lasted.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
“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
“Some heartaches never quite heal, do they?” she said quietly.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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