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
“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
Thirty years since Berger, Smicer, Poborsky and Nedved endured their north London heartbreak, the creaking old stadium has long ago been substituted out and replaced by a Wembley fit for the 21st Century.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Dickens’s stories of suffering children and stark injustices still awaken almost primal feelings of horror and heartbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Molly learned long ago that a lot of the heartbreak and betrayal that other people fear their entire lives, she has already faced.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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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
Broadus lamented being unable to see her baby girl take her first steps, bring her to her first day of school and support her through the highs and heartbreaks of life together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Some described his voice as "the sound of our heartbreaks and celebrations", while others called it "a presence in every corner of our lives".
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
I didn’t get nearly enough corn or tomatoes, and heartbreak of heartbreaks, I missed the figs completely.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
A few years passed, and Kathy, through a series of missteps and heartbreaks, was divorced and living alone with Zachary, who was less than a year old.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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