agonized
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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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