pain
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"I know what it feels like when pain starts to shrink your world," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Many longtime residents have developed habits to calm their minds during these exceptional conditions — meditation, a dip in the ocean to trigger the calming mammalian dive response, support groups to talk through the pain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Coke itself absorbed years of margin pain before shedding its North American bottling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some of the common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, external are painful, similar to musculoskeletal pain or symptoms of fibromyalgia.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Her leprosy has flared, and she is in incredible pain.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The minister has been at pains to emphasise that she's committed to the new curriculum.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Students navigated race, politics, relationships and the growing pains of young adulthood at a historically Black college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Also on the agenda is the president’s third-country removal policy and the growing pains of SCOTUSblog.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Most of Mekelle's stores remained shuttered on Sunday, with several business owners taking pains to hide their stocks from Thursday as the federal forces drew closer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Over the few watches that he had to work on he took great pains.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He was pained and frightened: He’d never seen such a thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Dark pigment pushed into claw-like scratches feels like a peek into a figure’s spiritual void; fleshy hues bring out nicks and lines that enliven characters’ faces—some pained, others contemplative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
As the memory of it washes back over you, “Omaha” lingers, like a devastating short story — devastating because it’s about a pained father for whom the road ahead only seems to get narrower.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Kurlender said it pained him to see hundreds of thousands of south Lebanese displaced from their villages just minutes away, but thought that Israel's military offensive was necessary.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
She too seemed to be waiting for Papi to do or say something, and when he didn’t, she walked to the kitchen shed, rubbing her stomach, a pained expression on her face.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
A second person said: "The bolt challenge is paining me because it’s innocent and hardworking people on both sides that are suffering for the wickedness and thoughtlessness of other people. Really unfair."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
“She can feel pain, and she starts crying, saying, ‘It is here and it is rising and it is paining here and here.'”
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
“Oh, it was a hurting, paining feeling going through my heart to know that something like that would happen on this street.”
From Fox News ● Aug. 10, 2019
Your silhouette appears on the paining, sometimes surrounded by a glowing aura.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2019
Roosevelt had more than just hunger paining him.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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