pains
Example Sentences
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"I realised everything it had cost me -- all those hospitalisations, those surgeries, the schooling I missed and, above all, those pains I had never associated with that damn IUD," said Kirstine Najarak Berthelsen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
This case — and the many pending ones behind it — are growing pains for a generation that will profit from social media’s rise, as Agostino sees it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
It’s the depth of the meaning people find in life when they confront those types of unspeakable sorrows and pains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Freeman did not undergo any imaging on his various aches and pains, although he said head athletic trainer Thomas Albert asked if he felt like he needed any.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“If there were not a man in my life constantly questioning me about what drives me and what pains me,” I wrote in my journal, “would I be doing it on my own?”
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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