heartbreak

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Liam and Enda leave by choice—Liam for India as a Jesuit missionary and Enda for America with her fiddle—though leaving is a heartbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Everybody has felt heartbreak or confusion or duped or confused or distrustful of their own intuition and all of that stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Cameron Norrie suffered heartbreak at the French Open as he was forced to retire injured from his first-round match - the first time he has done so at a Grand Slam.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Gnawing, almost unbearable heartbreak acts as the catalyst for a layered analysis of the ways humans — or, in the case of “The Sheep Detectives,” humans and their woolly friends — ache to forget.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Their lyrics were about love, heartbreak, guys named Fernando, and places called Waterloo.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi