pang
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I felt a pang of guilt for riling them up and realized just how stark the difference is between driving 25 mph and 35 mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"In the initial weeks, I had this really strange pang of wanting to go back. Because it was something I understood," Gershkovich recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
I feel a pang of guilt, knowing my seven-year-old son can get through several bowls in a single sitting.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
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
He felt a pang of homesickness for his previous life, of docking in the most strange and marvelous places and having the most amazing times.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
In this dimension, Ibari Waker is an intelligence agent who, despite pangs of conscience, helps arrest pro-democracy dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In a free society, there is no right to be shielded from information that might cause pangs of doubt.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Even that comes though with pangs of guilt, wondering whether coming to terms with her childlessness, means she did not want it enough, or try hard enough.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
"We are suffering the pangs of growth because India knows how to handle poverty, not prosperity."
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Playing pickup soccer all day long seemed to postpone my pangs of hunger somehow.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing pang
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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