heart-rending
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The feature mixes audio of the girl's heart-rending real final phonecalls with the Red Crescent, with a visual dramatisation using actors to represent the volunteers.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
That leaves IVF patients with the heart-rending decision of when to stop trying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
But the fourth episode is just as good — maybe even better — featuring a heart-rending turn from Tremarco as the mom trying to hold it together.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
Yousuf Abubakr, a UC Berkeley graduate student in mechanical engineering, said heart-rending images on social media of the suffering of Palestinian civilians prompted him to join the movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
But the two divinities of Earth knew heart-rending grief.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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