pain
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Vineyards’ pain is cascading across California, where some four-fifths of America’s wine is grown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Whatever that pain, that loss, that tragedy was, I managed to spin it like an alchemist into something passionate. And it’s been increasingly so since.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Viatris has agreed to acquire Pacira BioXciences, acquiring its portfolio of non-opioid pain medications.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Nav1.7 was long thought to operate primarily in specialized nerve cells that transmit pain signals to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The pain that had stopped it from hunting, wheeling through the skies above its cloudy kingdom.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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
The impressive Santa Margarita front exposed those growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It also demonstrated that while Maye amazed the football world last season, he’s still just 24 years old and prone to growing pains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Be assured, sir,” said he, “no pains or exertions on my part shall be spared to discover the villain.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
The actors speak quietly, as if fearful of being overheard, whether or not there is anyone around to hear, and often regard one another with pained or stunned expressions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Pradhan announced his resignation on X in a post in Hindi saying he "respected the aspirations, dreams, and expectations of the youth" and was "pained by the events" of the past few days.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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
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
Liz is at her side, biting her lip and looking pained.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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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