throes
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The world is in the throes of a significant energy shock for the second time in four years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
“We are in the throes of a real possibility of making a deal,” Trump told reporters Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
That payout, the costliest of the period, stemmed from a March 2021 911 call for Isaias Cervantes, a deaf man who was in the throes of a mental health crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
Cuba is in the throes of its worst economic crisis in decades, marked by power outages of up to 20 hours a day and critical shortages of fuel, medicines and food.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
Blue stars are hot and young; yellow stars, conventional and middle-aged; red stars, often elderly and dying; and small white or black stars are in the final throes of death.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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