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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calvaries
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In great detail and with candid memories, the book narrates the trials, tribulations, and tragedies from the band’s formation in 1984 through the current day, including emotional and personal reflections on the life and death of one of its own superheroes, Chris Cornell.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
9 June 2026 -
The new film, which is both written and directed by the franchise’s longtime screenwriter John Hamburg, sees Grande play Olivia Jones, the fiancé of Pam and Greg Focker’s son who now has to endure the tribulations of meeting the parents (and grandparents) before joining the family.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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Other, smaller pilot trials found that keto improved bipolar disorder and schizophrenia symptoms; importantly, participants in the studies remained on their medications to treat those conditions.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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As Luigi Mangione's legal team heads back to court in New York City this week for a key pretrial hearing, some legal experts say his populist appeal, fueled in part by what some describe as his Instagram-ready good looks, could complicate his trials.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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The offering of a reward for information is uncommon for murders in Milwaukee, but the Milwaukee Police Department has run out of leads on the case.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 murders and 13 counts of kidnapping, and he was sentenced to life in prison.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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And for that matter, how could adults accurately account for such ordeals?—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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Lasser’s ordeals began to infect what Americans saw on screen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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As Castillo gradually makes clear, Girlie is suppressing a lot of pain, even beyond the daily horrors of her work.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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Paired with the visual trickery of the hallucinations, the horrors of Sleep Awake often resemble sleep paralysis.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
3 Dec. 2025
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Tykes get slapped around, shot with arrows and dangled in traffic — tortures that are played seriously, but the shock of them allows you to guffaw.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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The sad thing is that the miseries return, but there is no other Garrincha available.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The parallels between Ines’ dilemma and that of a nation being asked to lick its wounds in silence — in the name of moving on from past miseries — are present but elusive.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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They were considered to have strange physical afflictions or weak mental attitudes, and some people with endocrine diseases were even dismissed as ‘freaks’ and heckled in circuses or locked away in institutions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Nearly 90 percent of respondents reported injuries or illness on the job — afflictions that spanned heat stroke to exposure to pesticides.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
4 May 2026
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“Calvaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calvaries. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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