heartache
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Unlike Supergirl, the child thinks it’s healthier to exorcise — not imbibe — one’s heartache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Teddy Thompson’s voice is a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy and caverns of heartache.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
If only more 20-somethings knew the importance of saving and investing early, it would save a lot of heartache later on.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
But the delay, the expense and, let’s face it, the heartache, defeated us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
For the next three hours, pinned under the terrifying weight of massive heartache, he watched the color of the rectangle change from orange to red to purple.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Robert Louis Stevenson had a unique ability to capture young imaginations while touching on adult hopes and heartaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Rather, Pelphrey’s delivery of that line – the entire dialogue he shares with Ruffalo’s scuffy agent, truly – is one of the saddest moments in a story that lives in its heartaches.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
It sure was great — despite numerous stumbles, obstacles and heartaches — while it lasted.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
That she could have lived quietly and saved everyone the heartaches that would come.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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Vocabulary from Langston Hughes's "Jazz as Communication"
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