heartache
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Until Euro 2016, Wales' story had been dominated by tales of heartache, Joe Jordan's handball in 1977 and the Romania defeat of 1993 among many painful chapters.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"We now accept ourselves as we are, but the treatment would have saved us a lot of heartache," says María Luisa.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“The Little Sister” grows even more intriguing once the love affair runs aground, forcing Fatima to flounder in her heartache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Teddy Thompson possesses one of those voices, a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy — though not in excess; he’s English — and caverns of heartache.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
For the surviving black community, there would be more obstacles to opportunity and progress and much heartache.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson had a unique ability to capture young imaginations while touching on adult hopes and heartaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Rather, Pelphrey’s delivery of that line – the entire dialogue he shares with Ruffalo’s scuffy agent, truly – is one of the saddest moments in a story that lives in its heartaches.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
McIlroy's win is both the most significant achievement of his 18-year professional career and the culmination of a journey that has forced him to rebound from a series of major championship heartaches.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
“It tells me that all the time, effort, heartaches, soccer trainings, tournaments, bad and good days were totally worth it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
“Father says I must tell you everything, but the inside story of the life of the leper in a poor and sadly abandoned leper colony is too full of heartaches, misery, and want,” she writes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Vocabulary from Langston Hughes's "Jazz as Communication"
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