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The Alaska State Troopers Active Missing Persons Bulletins webpage shows the faces of more than 150 missing people, each with a gut-wrenching, heartbreaking story.
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Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
This novel, set in Australia at the outset of World War II, is gut-wrenching.
—The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Here are four of our favorite lessons from Fleetwood’s journey to victory:
Never fear failure
All of Fleetwood’s frustrating losses happened in the public eye, sometimes in gut-wrenching fashion.
—Elise Devlin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Being intubated myself while having to make this decision was gut-wrenching.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
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Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
This novel, set in Australia at the outset of World War II, is gut-wrenching.
—The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Here are four of our favorite lessons from Fleetwood’s journey to victory:
Never fear failure
All of Fleetwood’s frustrating losses happened in the public eye, sometimes in gut-wrenching fashion.
—Elise Devlin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Being intubated myself while having to make this decision was gut-wrenching.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gut-wrenching
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“Gut-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gut-wrenching. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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