throes
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We’re on the Warner Bros. lot inside an office space because you are deep in the throes of production on Season 3 while navigating the awards circuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bret may lament childhood’s demise, but if you had helicopter parents, these throes probably look less like trash than fire.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her Ford F-150’s air conditioning had failed—a pretty big deal in the throes of an Orlando July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Boeing has said the first of these planes -- the 737 MAX 7 -- is in the "last throes" of the process.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Magic didn’t speak because Magic was in the deep throes of terror.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing throes
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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