misery
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"Being compared to individuals who murder others, or who have brought misery to millions upon millions of people -- well, I don't think I've ever done anything like that in my life," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Protesters chanted "shame on you" and "your profits, our misery", after the results were announced.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Their misery is only going to get worse.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
‘We would have untold misery from lack of access to care.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
All the while, one cricket after another walked in under our hickory shirts on bobwire legs and made life a misery.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
No wonder mud became “shorthand for the miseries of poverty,” Ms. Ziegelman writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
That unfamiliarity also means these men have no idea what’s in store for them, or what actions will trigger a Housewife’s past miseries.
From Salon ● May 5, 2025
Rancho Palos Verdes’ sliding land triggers short-notice gas shutoffs to coastal homes, adding to the miseries they have endured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
“You cannot blame British newspapers for the miseries heaped on the Prince and Princess of Wales,” columnist Hugo Rifkind wrote in The Times of London.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
In all the times I’d imagined the miseries she could inflict on me, I’d never imagined this.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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