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Yet, Paltrow makes it look like easy lifting, as if dodging the universe’s cerebral tortures were as low-effort as the #BoyfriendBreakfasts she’s taken to posting on Instagram.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

I left them, so that’s what tortures me.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

Notable are any Sally moments, especially when sewing her appendages back on, and the neon-greenish nightmare of Oogie Boogie as he tortures Santa Claus.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Or he would have us debate the merits of brand names versus generic products – something that still tortures me today when I have a choice.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2023

“You may be certain that I laugh because they fail. O, those people with Miss Havisham, and the tortures they undergo!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens