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woes

noun

plural of woe

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 Lambert appeared to share his condo woes, including photos and an engineering report, on an X site titled OfMiceandMold. — River Zhang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026 Nvidia's woes also come at a sensitive time for the AI industry, which has already faced investor concerns about a potential slowdown. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026 Beyond the woes at Nvidia, AMD will also likely steal market share elsewhere, William Blair said. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026 The potential benefits of All of Us’s data going forward may be affected by funding woes. — Anil Oza, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026 The Huskies’ 3-point shooting woes also evaporated in the comfortable confines of Gampel. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 After more than two years of searching, UCF finally found an answer to its road woes in a 33-32 come-from-behind victory at Kansas on Saturday night. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026 Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026 Yet beyond the numbers, the party’s confession of its internal woes stood out. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2026

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Noun

During the chaos, two people suffered minor injuries and a third had chest pains, according to Chronister.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Some wet their beds, experience chest pains, or cry out at night.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of pains

Noun

There are few harsher agonies than waiting, and throughout the great expanse of the CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix presented by Rolex at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’, two riders felt that in very different ways.

— Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of agonies

Noun

Some residents said hope is elusive given the island’s litany of miseries – from natural disasters to a bankrupt government to a financial control board that manages funding for infrastructure.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened thousands of people and hospitalized hundreds with explosive diarrhea, painful cramping, or other gastrointestinal miseries.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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