heartbreak
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BBC Sport has been told the squad feel that now they have been able to have their say, they can move on from their heartbreak in Atlanta on 15 July.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
The 17-track record is a concept album which explores overcoming heartbreak, self-doubt and internet trolling.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Losing daily contact with his children seems to have been Mr. Brady’s biggest heartbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“But I feel like you can’t really talk about love without talking about the risk of heartbreak and maybe some experiences you’ve had being daring enough to love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It doesn’t care that he’s too earnest or that he doesn’t know what he wants or that he’s harboring dreams of being a poet, a profession that leads to heartbreak and the poorhouse.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
For Leinster, however, it is a fifth defeat in the final since they claimed their fourth title in 2018, with the past four heartbreaks also coming at the hands of French opposition.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Yet even Honor is cowed by the household’s steely Yugoslav maid, Greta, who dismisses all heartbreaks and hysterics with the motto, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
It’s the soundtrack of first loves and first heartbreaks, rotten days, soured friendships and sweet hopes for tomorrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
I didn’t get nearly enough corn or tomatoes, and heartbreak of heartbreaks, I missed the figs completely.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
The blessing is that these heartbreaks are but a few of the patches in my prairie year quilt.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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