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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Ramírez visited Cleveland last week to hammer out the new contract, in the throes of winter, and wasn’t deterred from committing to the city.
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Lumens is controlled by Italian luxury design group Flos B&B Italia, which is in the throes of its own corporate shift.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Ramírez visited Cleveland last week to hammer out the new contract, in the throes of winter, and wasn’t deterred from committing to the city.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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