travails
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Despite their travails, Russell and Antonelli finished fourth and fifth to clinch the constructors' championship for Mercedes a week after the Italian had tied up the drivers' title.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
In 2007, a mediator determined that despite fiscal travails, Vallejo couldn’t reduce the size of its fire department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
That and oil price buoyancy pushed the peso up 10% against the dollar this year despite budgetary travails.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Stowe’s stirring, Dickensian melodrama of a black family’s travails amid the horrors of slavery was a nationwide sensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
She thanks God for giving her strength to get through the day’s travails.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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