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Mr Bailey was at pains to say the direction of travel next year remained cuts, but that decisions would now be a closer call.

From BBC

Soldiers navigating Hawaiian terrain took great pains to blend into it, shrinking command posts to a handful of trucks, draping vehicles with camouflage nets and vegetation, and painting their faces with thick stripes of green.

From The Wall Street Journal

Besides choosing an unusual take on a common plot, Ms. Swyler gets bonus points for making appealing protagonists of older women with pains in their hips and regrets in their relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal

Baylee said she thinks the negative reaction to the countdowns and album rollout are “growing pains” from Swift’s career reaching the stratosphere with the Eras Tour.

From Los Angeles Times

The manuscript that shared her story with the world quoted her as promising to “hear all their cries ... and remedy all their miseries, sorrows, and pains.”

From Los Angeles Times