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pain

[peyn] / peɪn /






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And if you name your pain and your craziness, there’s something healing in that for yourself and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The interviews revealed the "pain of having no one to tell when something upsetting happens, and no one to share with when something joyful happens", Kim said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Hugh said the diagnosis was "quite a shock", adding: "I really didn't expect that because I had no pain, just a little bit short of breath if I was doing heavy exercise."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

One of those faces new to me belonged to Charles R., who I was advised by second period had “the cooties” and must therefore, on pain of social suicide, be shunned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

My own pain was there all along, even if it was below the surface, even if it wasn’t as visible as the pain I had caused others.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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