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travails
truh-VAYLS
noun
troubles and difficulties; hard work
1900C. J. Cutliffe HyneThe Lost ContinentThey warmed to the old words as the high shrill voice of the priest cried them forth, and as they listened, and as they realised how intimate was the care of the Gods for the travails and sorrows of their daily lives, so much warmer grew their responses.1998Stephen LawheadThe Iron Lance'What are earthly travails compared to Heaven's treasures?'1999Jonathan KellermanMonsterAfter much soul-searching, as well as witnessing, firsthand, the triumphs and the travails of those noble enough...to brave the elements of Nature as well as the much more malignant Forces of Big Government, this newspaper must weigh in on the side of rationality and self-preservation.1999Robert J. SawyerFlashforwardAnd so he sat, taking it in, taking in the peaks and valleys of other people's lives, the highs and lows, the trials and travails of those whose existence had more variation, more excitement, more angst than his own.

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