as in pains
a state of great suffering of body or mind
a tale of misery and woe
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Recent Examples of woes
The drone attacks added to the woes on the Black Sea peninsula, where Russian authorities have had to suspend gasoline sales to civilians as Ukraine has intensified its recent campaign to disrupt supply lines and the electrical grid at the height of the summer tourist season.
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Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Approval and economic woes The polling numbers, released on June 22 come only days after Trump saw similar low marks in a poll released by PBS News/NPR/Marist on June 18.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
But as the district grapples with growing financial woes, more Chicago schools have leaned on parent fundraising, rental income, cell tower revenue and more to pay for essentials, including staffing.
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Mila Koumpilova,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Kirk was fixated on the economic woes of young people.
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Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Visor is the company set up by Jordan Levine after his Yale Entertainment was discontinued following financial woes.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
After several players, including Addison Barger and Anthony Santander, dealt with setbacks, Daulton Varsho recently left a game with left wrist discomfort, adding to the team's woes.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Despite her shooting woes, Clark still controlled the game by consistently putting teammates in position to score.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
But along with the company’s meteoric rise has come mounting legal woes over purported harms caused by its technology.
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Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Approval and economic woes The polling numbers, released on June 22 come only days after Trump saw similar low marks in a poll released by PBS News/NPR/Marist on June 18.
—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
But as the district grapples with growing financial woes, more Chicago schools have leaned on parent fundraising, rental income, cell tower revenue and more to pay for essentials, including staffing.
—
Mila Koumpilova,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Kirk was fixated on the economic woes of young people.
—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Visor is the company set up by Jordan Levine after his Yale Entertainment was discontinued following financial woes.
—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
After several players, including Addison Barger and Anthony Santander, dealt with setbacks, Daulton Varsho recently left a game with left wrist discomfort, adding to the team's woes.
—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Despite her shooting woes, Clark still controlled the game by consistently putting teammates in position to score.
—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
But along with the company’s meteoric rise has come mounting legal woes over purported harms caused by its technology.
—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woes
Noun
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The colors, pains, pleasures, smells, tastes and sounds, the what-it’s-like of being conscious, are not private inner bits and blobs that philosophers call qualia, floating in a theatre of the mind.
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Unfortunately, days before the ceremony, Nelson began experiencing chest pains while visiting with a friend.
Noun
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The reticence of Cartland’s heroes belies agonies of loneliness.
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Although the novel’s center does not quite hold, O’Farrell’s emotional intelligence — the heart and heat of her characters — braces this sometimes unwieldy chronicle of a nation that has been subject to cumbrous historic agonies.
Noun
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The sad thing is that the miseries return, but there is no other Garrincha available.
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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.
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“Woes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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