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as in anguish
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a state of great suffering of body or mind
in great straits over the loss of her mother's cherished necklace
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Recent Examples of strait
Ferry service in the winter, however, is dependent on ice coverage in the straits.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
About 700,000 years later, the strait burst open again, and a brutal megaflood filled the Mediterranean in a matter of months.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Bjarne Caesar Skinnerup works as a maritime pilot in the straits of Denmark.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
This aerial view taken from a commercial flight shows cargo ships docked along the strait in Singapore on April 7, 2025.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strait
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One Alvarado police officer was struck in the neck during the attack.—
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At West Ham, Nuno has aligned himself with a club where the problems run so much deeper than merely trying to prevent the chilly fingers of relegation from closing round their neck.—
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No adolescent defiance or child’s anguish was visible on his face now.—
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Some critics called for more editorial discipline in the film, or found Lawrence’s onscreen spin cycle of anguish, which involves literally clawing her way up walls or flinging herself through glass doors, to be repetitive.—
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Exact numbers for your cable channel can vary depending on the TV provider.—
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Watch the 49ers-Jags game is streamable with DirecTV, which carries FOX, along with more than 90 other channels — such as ESPN, ABC, Fox, NBC, NFL Network, AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel and others.—
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The plaintiff seeks damages for privacy invasion, emotional distress, reputational harm and alleged placement on government watch lists.—
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The initial wave of relief soon lifted, giving way to distress when Franco learned his home was uninhabitable.—
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What's more, this door alarm features three sensitivity levels and emits a loud, shrill sound that will instantly scare an intruder away.—
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The video ends with the sound of the SUV crashing into a parked car.—
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So Skinny Pedro had experienced the pain of seeing his dream simultaneously realized and shattered.—
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Hannah tells the jury how the pain affected her.—
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Passengers riding the San Francisco Bay Ferry this month are getting more than the usual sweeping views of the bay, as live music is now part of the experience through a new onboard entertainment program.—
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Howze can be seen on video walking into the woman’s hospital bay, which was secured by curtains.—
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The dramatic arc of the film’s first half — filled with the ecstasy of God’s embrace and the agony of imprisonment — is told through musical numbers, adapted from the Shakers’ ecstatic worship, dance, hymns, and music (watch the video above to learn more).—
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One year before Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire published their compendium of Greek myths, Cicellis released her second work of fiction, The Way to Colonos, which ruthlessly dramatizes the limits of individual freedom and the agony of facing one’s powerlessness.—
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“Strait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strait. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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