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agonized

[ag-uh-nahyzd] / ˈæg əˌnaɪzd /




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“I agonized for a long time over whether to keep that job,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Do I even have a future? she agonized on loop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

The decision to leave, which she had agonized over for months, had come to her in a split second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The exhausted horses returned to be unsaddled, and the fans sat in agonized anticipation.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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