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misery

[miz-uh-ree] / ˈmɪz ə ri /




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"Our raw material, our gold, our copper, goes to other countries... we are experiencing misery."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

And they are far smaller problems than the ones that currently make tax season such a misery every year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“If that’s misery, we’ll take more,” said Asher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

But he also knows the misery of being left off one.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

All her misery was in the words, her terror and her pain of long ago, her grief for her child, the burden of the secret she had carried through the years.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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