throes
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Rowdy children represent yet another challenge for restaurants like his that have struggled through the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, skyrocketing prices for beef, cooking oil and other goods, Xue said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
It felt as if Newcastle had rediscovered a semblance of momentum in the final throes of a draining campaign after picking up seven points from a possible nine.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
It conjures a raucous, anachronistic world perpetually in the throes of breakdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The whole estate seemed to undulate in the throes of the relentless beat.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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