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pain

[peyn] / peɪn /






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“I’m holding space for people’s pain, but also we’re able to hold on to the hope that our faith gives us, that’s strengthening us,” she said, tearing up.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

"I really feel for them - for the pain they've gone through," he said.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Earlier in the week, there was the agonizing sight of Jack Draper, the former Top-10 British wunderkind, tearing up mid-match as he continues to be hobbled by arm pain.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Half were randomly assigned to receive acetaminophen when medication was needed for fever or pain during the first year of life.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

His paws flew up, shocked by the pain.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

In 2021, Orbit took pains in an interview with the Guardian to share credit for “Ray of Light” with the singer herself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Is this growing pains or the wobble before the fall?

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

In a research note published Tuesday titled “AI Credit: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose,” the global investment-management firm expressed its bearish views on this market, but the authors took pains to qualify that stance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The touching moments of aspirational maturity are set against bouts of jealousy, public embarrassment and other adolescent growing pains.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

One was a gargantuan man standing beside Duke Perrington, who seemed crafted of muscle and steel—and took pains to display it with his sleeveless armor.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

He was pained and frightened: He’d never seen such a thing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In doing a television interview in the aftermath, Lewis Ferguson looked pained and upset.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

When I was in second grade, during a parent teacher conference, my teacher was pained to tell my mother that her son would never learn to read.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

“It’s very frustrating,” Doncic said between Games 1 and 2, standing with his hands in his pockets, pained to report that he wasn’t close to returning, five weeks into his eight-week return-to-work timeline.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

I am pained to see Father’s condition worsen as he drifts in and out of sleep.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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

She put her hand on her throat and scrunched up her face like something was paining her.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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