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
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
Then later, at the family's request, Tyler's hit It's a heartache, and her version of Simply the Best will be played across the bay.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Our good times were too short and the heartache wasn’t worth it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
My eyes meet hers, dark and filled with heartache, and I know I’m not wrong.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
Several of the current England squad have experienced those semi-final heartaches but Bronze hopes they can use that to their advantage.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2022
“Father says I must tell you everything, but the inside story of the life of the leper in a poor and sadly abandoned leper colony is too full of heartaches, misery, and want,” she writes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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