pang
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I cackle at the distance between perfection and utter collapse, but I also feel a pang of tenderness: I am moved by their effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
And that’s perfectly OK for them, because they won’t suffer a pang of guilt because of their decision, and they won’t actually feel better about accepting the $150 if they give half of it away.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Though Rachel has restricted her own access to any sort of gambling sites, she does sometimes have the "pang" to go to the slot machine, but then remembers how far she has come.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
I’m relieved, yet hit with a pang of guilt.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026
I watch the light of it illuminate his face, the tears on his cheeks, and try to ease that same pang in my chest.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
The 14-year-old first felt the pangs of online addiction in the days after the ban started.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Yet in examining what at first look like gestures of Chinese geoeconomic supremacy, one detects pangs of worry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
“Of course, I don’t believe that. I have pangs of longing for my home state every day, especially fruits!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Suddenly, the familiar pangs of guilt hit me again, and I winced.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing pang
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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