in the throes of
idiom
: experiencing (something painful)
She met him while he was in the throes of a messy divorce.
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While Washington has grappled with spikes in violence and visible homelessness, the city’s homicide rate ranks below those of several other major U.S. cities, and the capital is not in the throes of the public safety collapse the Trump administration has portrayed.
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
But in the throes of their separate eating disorders and other mental health struggles, neither knew how to help the other.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
And more recently, in the throes of a homeless crisis, city staff and law enforcement have removed and denuded trees to control the conditions on the street.
—Sam Bloch
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Isolation and the Battle to Stay Focused Of course Alone participants don’t need to be in the throes of emotional crisis to tap out due to the mental/emotional struggle caused by thinking of life back home.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 July 2025
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
But in the throes of their separate eating disorders and other mental health struggles, neither knew how to help the other.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
And more recently, in the throes of a homeless crisis, city staff and law enforcement have removed and denuded trees to control the conditions on the street.
—Sam Bloch
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Isolation and the Battle to Stay Focused Of course Alone participants don’t need to be in the throes of emotional crisis to tap out due to the mental/emotional struggle caused by thinking of life back home.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 July 2025
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