travail

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Physical travail being an inexhaustible source of black comedy and a recurring metaphor for the human condition in Beckett’s writing, the depiction of mortal decline is on point.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Mulaney's second personal travail – which he does not address at all – was his highly publicized divorce from Anna-Marie Tendler and subsequent relationship with Olivia Munn with whom he had a child.

From Salon • May 3, 2023

“J’ai envahi l’espace public avec une mosaïque d’un petit personnage dont le rôle est d’envahir,” explique l’artiste qui se fait appeler Invader, interviewé dans l’espace privé d’une galerie parisienne qui expose son travail.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

And I awoke, and I knew that my brother was in travail.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

He spoke in the old-fashioned talk, and said with a full voice: “Sir, grant mercy of your great travail that ye have had this day for me and for my Queen.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White