heartache
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Foster told the court: "The heartache that we have gone through is immense."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 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
They slept the sleep of brokenness and heartache.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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
“No Other Land” superbly compresses four years into a series of heartaches that slowly escalate in severity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
That she could have lived quietly and saved everyone the heartaches that would come.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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