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woe is me

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But it's hard to imagine that most Americans will start liking Vance after they hear him pull the "woe is me" act for the full length of tonight's debate.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

“I don’t want this to sound like woe is me, but I’ll be honest,” Farrow says.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2019

But the constant "woe is me", especially from upper middle class women, gets tiring.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018

So for me to sit up here and complain and say woe is me?

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2017

For a dispensation of the divine word has been laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the Gospel!

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)




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