torture
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Anthony Douglas said years of waiting had been "torture" for his son and his family as they remained in "limbo" over his future.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Citizenship and Immigration Services — as a cause for hope, while others saw it as prolonged mental torture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
And yet, this villain’s fiery domain, where imps torture souls nearby, is also recognizably Dionysian.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
But in Rogers’ case, Trump opted not to torture him over his history of negative comments.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
On the other side of me, a figure swaddled in a blanket slept soundly in a chair that looked like it had been designed by a torture expert.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
This involves choosing a patron saint, and Michael speaks with the wild enthusiasm of a Marvel movie fanboy about his likely decision, St. George, who endures various grisly tortures but remains steadfast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Yet, Paltrow makes it look like easy lifting, as if dodging the universe’s cerebral tortures were as low-effort as the #BoyfriendBreakfasts she’s taken to posting on Instagram.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
I left them, so that’s what tortures me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
Aristotle names five of them: laws, witnesses, contracts, tortures, and oaths.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
But the incident somehow made the moody, tortured, and quietly seething Zidane more believed in France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Decades of tortured relations between Iran, its Middle Eastern neighbours and the US have left behind a toxic legacy, characterised by deep suspicion and an almost total lack of trust.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The case has had a tortured legal history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Since AMC’s drama follows the basic contours of the tortured relationship Louis, Lestat and Claudia share in Anne Rice’s 1976 novel, its readers have some sense of how this eight-episode second season progresses.
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
Stories of phantoms and tortured souls had always freaked her out.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
It can be a year away, and it’s right here torturing me, which is I think why I’m a bit of a commitment-phobe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
No one cues up Peggy Lee, but the torturing of Jerry West by Jerry West is epic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
She became a vegetarian, attacked the Chinese government for "torturing" bears, and spent hundreds of thousands on a programme to sterilise Romanian stray dogs.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
“I do not believe that the U.S government is torturing or using these devices on its own citizens,” Zaid explained on the podcast.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
Don’t know why they’re torturing themselves with that garbage.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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