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  • plural of pain.
  • present tense form of pain (3rd person singular).
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What 250 years means: 250 years of America is joy, devastation, pain, suffering, growing pains, heartache, injustices, tears, happiness, growth, homesteading lifestyle, culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

The growing pains of his quick transition have been quite public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Haiti are a distant 83rd in the Fifa world rankings, but Clarke has been at pains to point out their strengths.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

They were men and women like them, with straight hair and dark skin, who spoke the same language and complained of the same pains.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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