painfully
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That much became painfully evident when replays revealed what had actually happened: The ball never cleared the left-field fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The “Cornell Seven” case brings questions I usually study around the world painfully close to home.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gershkovich knew there was a prisoner swap planned three weeks before it happened - an "excruciating" time, he said, "because now every day is painfully long".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The authors are also painfully aware that most audiences have less of an appetite for reading, period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
A couple of years earlier, my brother, Craig, had moved temporarily back into the upstairs apartment we’d grown up in, living above our mother after his own marriage had slowly and painfully fallen apart.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
