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“I love the people I work with. When you love something, it’s tormenting to lose it.”

From Salon Dec. 2, 2025

"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.

From Barron's Nov. 28, 2025

They forced Snell to labor through 29 pitches, tormenting him with an array of foul balls and refusing to go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

Mary Dunbar had accused them of bewitching and tormenting her.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2025

He had to split his attention three ways: behind him to avoid the man, ahead to see where he was going, and on the furious dæmon tormenting his hands.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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