pains
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Adam Ankers, 17, collapsed with chest pains while he was playing for Wycombe Wanderers Foundation's under-19s in January 2024 and later died in hospital, having suffered brain damage.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Inevitably, the Holocaust imbalances this novel, its horrors overshadowing the complex themes and human dramas that Mr. O’Connor had taken pains to create.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Stock investors tend to prefer growing pains to no growth at all, though.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
“As much as it pains me to say this … we’re not going to beat him.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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