heartache
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A greatest hits of humanity’s current fears forms the backdrop to a complex, woozy tale—mostly realist, with brief incursions into phantasmagoria—of doomerism and heartache, wealth and greed, art, transcendence and spiritual reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
After processing the heartache of losing another parent in a different way, Tomlinson allowed herself to miss the good memories with her father and assuage any longing for revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix, who has been supporting the operation remotely, told AFP that the rescue efforts were "back in miracle country" after a "week of 24/7 heartache".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Foster told the court: "The heartache that we have gone through is immense."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
What if, by exposing this chameleon, V could stop a similar mother from experiencing a similar heartache?
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
The author of the memoir “Free Range Girl” on writers who revisit the struggles, adventures and heartaches of youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
McIlroy's win is both the most significant achievement of his 18-year professional career and the culmination of a journey that has forced him to rebound from a series of major championship heartaches.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
“Sun House” is Duncan’s seventh book, an epic tale spanning the lives, heartaches and triumphs of a menagerie of characters committed to building a loving community in contemporary America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
“Some heartaches never quite heal, do they?” she said quietly.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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Vocabulary from Langston Hughes's "Jazz as Communication"
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