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travail

[truh-veyl, trav-eyl] / trəˈveɪl, ˈtræv eɪl /


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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

Forty is a biblical number, used as shorthand for a long period of isolation and travail.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2020

Yet bonds of friendship, colleagueship, and shared travail in the bomb project made it difficult for Lawrence to dismiss Oppenheimer’s disquiet entirely.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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