in the throes of
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: experiencing (something painful)
She met him while he was in the throes of a messy divorce.
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Now, a nonprofit assembled to manage the three-story, 215,000-square-foot events space by Lake Merritt was in the throes of final preparations for its 72-hour grand reopening.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Lumens is controlled by Italian luxury design group Flos B&B Italia, which is in the throes of its own corporate shift.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Like Saxe Commins, Random House’s first great editor, when he was summoned to cope with Bill Faulkner in the throes of his worst kind of alcoholic binge, Joe Fox, as editor, would look after Capote.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
The sight of encampments and people in the throes of psychosis in the streets drives perceptions of lawlessness and danger, studies show.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Lumens is controlled by Italian luxury design group Flos B&B Italia, which is in the throes of its own corporate shift.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Like Saxe Commins, Random House’s first great editor, when he was summoned to cope with Bill Faulkner in the throes of his worst kind of alcoholic binge, Joe Fox, as editor, would look after Capote.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
The sight of encampments and people in the throes of psychosis in the streets drives perceptions of lawlessness and danger, studies show.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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