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I've had more than my share of heartaches in my life.
the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war
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Nobody makes it without heartache and tears, not even the joker.
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Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
There are people who will do you wrong, have toxic personalities, who have cost you time, heartache, and more.
—Dr. Anthony Yuon, Contributor, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
But there’s obviously more work to be done in crucial moments, as generating a tad more offense in each of those games probably could have saved the Sharks some heartache.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
There are people who will do you wrong, have toxic personalities, who have cost you time, heartache, and more.
—Dr. Anthony Yuon, Contributor, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
But there’s obviously more work to be done in crucial moments, as generating a tad more offense in each of those games probably could have saved the Sharks some heartache.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartache. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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heartache
noun
heart·ache
ˈhärt-ˌāk 
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