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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
Customer service woes due to overuse of AI.
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Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Despite the dramatic implications of the film’s title, Erupcja has a casual, slice-of-life vibe to it that prevents Bethany and Rob’s woes from teetering into melodrama.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Wide receiver woes dominated 49ers training camp this summer.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 4 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
Keep these things elsewhere to avoid mildew and other storage woes.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
After a monthlong absence, Breanna Stewart returned to the court for the Libs, but the injury woes haven't stopped piling up.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Unprecedented federal pressures have only exacerbated those financial woes, according to school officials.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The Royals’ offensive woes continued at Rate Field — until the eighth inning Tuesday.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Despite the dramatic implications of the film’s title, Erupcja has a casual, slice-of-life vibe to it that prevents Bethany and Rob’s woes from teetering into melodrama.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Wide receiver woes dominated 49ers training camp this summer.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 4 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
Keep these things elsewhere to avoid mildew and other storage woes.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
After a monthlong absence, Breanna Stewart returned to the court for the Libs, but the injury woes haven't stopped piling up.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Unprecedented federal pressures have only exacerbated those financial woes, according to school officials.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The Royals’ offensive woes continued at Rate Field — until the eighth inning Tuesday.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woes
Noun
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To investors, such progress offers ample reasons to overlook short-term pains like the company’s dip in profitability, says Wang.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The editorial takes pains to quote the school board, the board president and the Illinois Policy Institute, a right-wing and anti-labor organization, without any quotes from the association or its president.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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The reductive, conventional wisdom in the party held that nonwhite voters, especially Hispanic Americans, would be the key to a new Democratic national majority after the party’s miseries in the post-9/11 world.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Woes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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