heartbreak

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Recent Examples of heartbreak There’s still time for Colorado to avoid the heartbreak of Los Angeles, but only if the lives of future residents and business owners are put before the profit of developers. Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025 But on Sunday night, in the glamour game of the entire pro football season, Allen’s team and Jackson’s team are balling against each other in Buffalo which, in so many ways, is the heartbreak capital of the entire sport because of those four straight Super Bowl losses in the early ’90s. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025 In 2004, the Boston Red Sox went into the season coming off a bitter, seven-game defeat to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, adding yet another heartbreak to the team's seemingly endless chase for a World Series title that had eluded the franchise since 1918. David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025 Regret, heartbreak, uncertainty, moral ruin — these are the parting notes the nonagenarian star turned director so often plays. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for heartbreak 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
  • In a heartfelt statement from Truex's children – Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Truex, and Marsha McVey, the family shared their deep sorrow, paying tribute to their late father.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Inaugurations have been held in both joy and sorrow in the nation's capital and, infamously, on a plane in Dallas.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There is no timeline and there is no perfect grief.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Paula Cook, the school’s principal, said grief counseling would be made available to students this week in a message to families.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, numbers cannot articulate the magnitude of anguish as the disaster upends families and dismantles livelihoods.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The stark destruction has brought him to his knees in prayer and anguish.
    Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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