painful

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The firm also acknowledged how a wrong-way bet on an expected decline or climb in SpaceX shares risks being painful for traders.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“These affairs had nothing to do with my interactions with Epstein, but they were painful for my family,” the Microsoft co-founder said in prepared remarks before a House committee investigating the Epstein case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"We know we will never be able to come to terms with her death, and life without her is painful and hard to bear," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The second is that however painful higher prices are for individuals, collectively the spending picture looks to be on firm ground.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

I’d felt like a complete jerk, especially since I knew what it was to walk in those particularly painful shoes.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin