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[payn] / peɪn /






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Gauff struggled with her serve throughout, producing nine double faults to one ace, but said afterwards she struggled to get through her motion without feeling pain.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

That could mean even more pain is in store for the housing market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, addressing bishops in Peru on Thursday, described the "pain" caused by Catholic clerical abuse and said the Church must make amends to victims and protect others.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

It’s true that we don’t use all of our four bedrooms and the upkeep is a pain.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Ivy for burns, comfrey for fever, foxglove for heart pain, laurel leaves for ringworm, houseleek for the eyes, the web of a spider for bleeding.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday, Hinojosa took pains to say that her policies are pro-business.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The minister has been at pains to emphasise that she's committed to the new curriculum.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Students navigated race, politics, relationships and the growing pains of young adulthood at a historically Black college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Also on the agenda is the president’s third-country removal policy and the growing pains of SCOTUSblog.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Aches and pains in his heart, kidneys and lungs are also par for the course.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

At one point, she appears pained by a television report on the Vietnam War, showing a self-immolating monk; her unhappiness about becoming a mother is also offered as a plausible explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"I am pained to see the events of the past 10 days. This is not a matter of personal prestige for me," Pradhan said in a statement posted on social media platform X.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

In doing a television interview in the aftermath, Lewis Ferguson looked pained and upset.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

He offers me a slim, pained grin, and I try to offer him one back that’s not quite so stretched.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

A second person said: "The bolt challenge is paining me because it’s innocent and hardworking people on both sides that are suffering for the wickedness and thoughtlessness of other people. Really unfair."

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024

“She can feel pain, and she starts crying, saying, ‘It is here and it is rising and it is paining here and here.'”

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024

“Oh, it was a hurting, paining feeling going through my heart to know that something like that would happen on this street.”

From Fox News ● Aug. 10, 2019

Your silhouette appears on the paining, sometimes surrounded by a glowing aura.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2019

Roosevelt had more than just hunger paining him.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple


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