have the heart to
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Murphy the bald eagle waited day after day in his modest, yet carefully built nest for his one egg to hatch, but his keepers did not have the heart to break the news to him: The 31-year-old flightless bachelor was sitting on a rock.
From New York Times
None of the other soldiers, including the commander, thought it was a great idea for Taras and Olha to be together but they all said they didn’t have the heart to separate them.
From New York Times
“I don’t have the heart to send it to the hospital just yet,” said Asep, who like many Indonesians goes only by one name.
From Washington Post
"Fatoumatta was a very happy, bubbly woman who wouldn't have the heart to hurt a fly," he said.
From BBC
I didn’t have the heart to tell his admirers that it was Villanueva, not Luna, who used his meeting with the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
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