suffer
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Young men, faced with a choice to strive and suffer on behalf of teammates, build virtue not chiefly through deliberation but through action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The two demonstrators appeared to suffer only minor injuries and neither were Amazon employees, according to Teamsters Local 1932 spokesperson Robert Gonzalez, who was at the walkout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"The dead are at peace. It is those of us who survived who suffer."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Who gets to suffer? The residents get to suffer," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“But you see, I would have barely anything left to sell. Of course, I know that you would suffer such loss for me, if circumstances were reversed.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Over longer horizons, however, the S&P 500 on average barely suffers a hiccup because of first hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
He suffers from the two facts that he achieved unique fame for the surgery named for him and he didn’t strike out hitters, he finessed them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
But this government-run primary school for girls in Faridabad, a district on the outskirts of the Indian capital Delhi, suffers from a host of problems.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The removal of Jose Gabriel Espinoza comes as Bolivia suffers through its worst economic turbulence in four decades, which the center-right Paz, elected last year, is under pressure to fix.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
But, of course, La Romana has already been spoken for by Tía Flor's little goddaughter, who suffers from asthma and shouldn't be contradicted.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Before a near-fatal car crash in the late 1970s, in which he lost one eye and suffered severe facial trauma, he had loved surfing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"Patrick Clancy has suffered an unspeakable and unimaginable loss," they said.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
His smooth run was interrupted during the Dodgers’ run to the 2024 World Series when Walter suffered a stroke that kept him from the victory celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
He suffered a vicious head injury while surfing and now wears a helmet on the waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Reluctantly, he acquiesced; the test showed that he suffered from elevated levels of serum creatinine with a value way above 1.4, the highest parameter in the normal range.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will not race again this season after suffering injuries including a neck fracture at the Vuelta a Espana.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Not only is El Niño a leading driver of climate and weather hazards, but it imposes “tremendous economic costs, ecological damages, and human suffering globally,” according to the Science study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We are suffering for a crime that we did not commit," Lhazom said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
They don’t think the labor market is is suffering a hiccup every summer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“It is the same all the way through. Charming descriptions of mountain goats and ibexes! Blooming edelweiss and cute babies! This is not poetry. Where is the suffering? The torment? The thwarted dreams?”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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