as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
she has long been excruciated by an undiagnosed pain in her knee
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Recent Examples of excruciate
Among other problems the inspection report listed: One resident with a fractured pelvis spent hours in excruciating pain because workers didn’t get the person medications.
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oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2020
Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what’s meant to be lightly funny.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith’s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2020
As part of that process, said Dr. Barbot, a person is asked in excruciating detail to account for their time in 15-minute intervals.
—Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
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oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2020
Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what’s meant to be lightly funny.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith’s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2020
As part of that process, said Dr. Barbot, a person is asked in excruciating detail to account for their time in 15-minute intervals.
—Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
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The areas of the city near Sycamore Drive, Mahogany Way, Peppertree Way, and L Street have been plagued with violence over the past three months.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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And Sebastian Hady can be the hero in the papers: the guy who turned the lights back on in Crown Point and ended the drug war that’s plagued Gotham for decades.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Christians represent a large and powerful majority of the U.S. population, making any claims that Christians are being persecuted in this country laughable.Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
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Additionally, some immigrants, even those convicted of serious crimes, can have their deportation deferred if immigration judges determine they would likely be tortured or persecuted in their home countries.Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
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That’s largely the grim toll of the HIV disease that afflicts 8.4% of Malawi’s female population ages 15 to 49, and 6.7% of that age group overall, according to UNAIDS figures.John Corrigan, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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But on a night like last night where they were afflicted by so many injuries and are seemingly discombobulated, being able to pull victory out of the jaws of defeat is amazing.Mikai Bruce, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Like any good network soap, Grey’s loves to torture us with exaggerated teaser clips.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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If the director can’t or won’t, there’s no need to torture yourself for work.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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In theaters, Hugh Grant torments and tortures two young Mormon women in Heretic, Judy Greer stars in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and Barry Keoghan plays a young dad in Bird.Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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And one more day is one more opportunity to stop Bowser from tormenting me for trying to snooze.Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The Defense Department formally pulled the pier from the Gaza shore on June 28 and declared an end in mid-July to the mission to bring aid into the territory besieged by the war between Israel and Hamas.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Policy Timelines Last but not least the reality is that governmental policy and legislation works on a timeline and cycle that is measured in years, something that the technology industry continues to find out via the multiple hearings and lawsuits that have besieged the sector since 2015.Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Excruciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excruciate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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