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a state of great suffering of body or mind
a tale of misery and woe
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Recent Examples of woes
The closure will add delays to the woes facing travelers while the shutdown continues more than five weeks since a funding impasse along partisan lines began.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
That combination of high rates, elevated prices and other economic woes has made the idea of getting out of debt feel more urgent than ever.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Their appeal includes the school’s potential to remain open despite its financial woes and a religious argument about what closure would mean for Chicago’s Catholic community.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
There were also transportation woes Monday at another area airport, Newark Liberty International Airport across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Redick shared stories with Kennard about his own shooting woes during a 15-year NBA career, a former 3-point threat who had been in similar situations.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
Even amid Miami's wider woes, the 2022 first-rounder remained one of the league's most dangerous big-play threats both as a run-after-catch threat and a vertical weapon.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Wells died died tragically in a 1994 helicopter crash, an event widely felt to have set the stage for the company’s subsequent string of succession woes.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
Budgetary woes reverberating across Massachusetts cities and towns are prompting a fight over a beloved zoo in Attleboro, as the mayor faces fierce backlash with her plan to change the park’s operations to reduce costs.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
That combination of high rates, elevated prices and other economic woes has made the idea of getting out of debt feel more urgent than ever.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Their appeal includes the school’s potential to remain open despite its financial woes and a religious argument about what closure would mean for Chicago’s Catholic community.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
There were also transportation woes Monday at another area airport, Newark Liberty International Airport across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Redick shared stories with Kennard about his own shooting woes during a 15-year NBA career, a former 3-point threat who had been in similar situations.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
Even amid Miami's wider woes, the 2022 first-rounder remained one of the league's most dangerous big-play threats both as a run-after-catch threat and a vertical weapon.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Wells died died tragically in a 1994 helicopter crash, an event widely felt to have set the stage for the company’s subsequent string of succession woes.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
Budgetary woes reverberating across Massachusetts cities and towns are prompting a fight over a beloved zoo in Attleboro, as the mayor faces fierce backlash with her plan to change the park’s operations to reduce costs.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woes
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Paktyawal began complaining of shortness of breath and chest pains Friday evening while in a holding room at the Dallas ICE field office and was taken to the hospital for treatment, the agency said.—
Aarón Torres,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Her understanding of the pleasures and pains of the female body was grounded in her devout beliefs and mysticism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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The celebrated poet and memoirist, delves into the agonies of her decision and describes the emerging women’s liberation movement, of which Moore would soon become a participant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hadi’s exceptional attention gives cinematic identity to collective artisanal energy, to the life force of care and devotion that stands outside the agonies of politics, to the spirit that endures a regime and outlives it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Inarguably one of the best teams in the country annually, the Boilermakers had a string of March miseries.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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And allergy miseries don’t end after the spring.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Woes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woes. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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