heartache
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Along the way, there would be great personal heartache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix, who has been supporting the operation remotely, told AFP that the rescue efforts were "back in miracle country" after a "week of 24/7 heartache".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In such moments, Ms. Smith offers her own translation of the strange and specific vocabulary of heartache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
His company has helped me and maybe mine will help him through any heartache too.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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
My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
“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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