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
Solving the nation’s economic woes is not a surefire guarantee that more babies will come.
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Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
The two hang out in what appears to be a backstage area and chat it up in a conversation that finds Musk complimenting West on the production before revealing relationship woes in an intimate and candid moment.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
The Trojans begin to redeem themselves after last year’s road game woes and set themselves up for a confident return to the Coliseum against Michigan State the following week.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Jordan Downs, a community built in the Watts district of Los Angeles in the 1940s to house war workers and converted to public housing in the 1950s, endured a number of these woes and a few others distinctly its own.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Maizy ends up meeting convincing city slicker Gordy (played by Quinn VanAntwerp), who senses the opportunity to take these small town’s woes and turn them into cash.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Proponents have responded that the mine would create jobs and offer a local source of sand needed for construction, an especially valuable resource at a time when supply chain woes have helped drive up the cost of housing.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Dave Roberts laid his bullpen woes bare.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The film pivots when Kevin ducks into a cathedral and overcomes his fear of Marley to have a touching conversation about their respective family woes.
—Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
The two hang out in what appears to be a backstage area and chat it up in a conversation that finds Musk complimenting West on the production before revealing relationship woes in an intimate and candid moment.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
The Trojans begin to redeem themselves after last year’s road game woes and set themselves up for a confident return to the Coliseum against Michigan State the following week.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Jordan Downs, a community built in the Watts district of Los Angeles in the 1940s to house war workers and converted to public housing in the 1950s, endured a number of these woes and a few others distinctly its own.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Maizy ends up meeting convincing city slicker Gordy (played by Quinn VanAntwerp), who senses the opportunity to take these small town’s woes and turn them into cash.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Proponents have responded that the mine would create jobs and offer a local source of sand needed for construction, an especially valuable resource at a time when supply chain woes have helped drive up the cost of housing.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Dave Roberts laid his bullpen woes bare.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The film pivots when Kevin ducks into a cathedral and overcomes his fear of Marley to have a touching conversation about their respective family woes.
—Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woes
Noun
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Yet, the new Terminal 1 has several stores that take great pains to include local flair.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The movie is, in part, about the labor pains of its creator, the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Woes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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