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However, the shift to Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) falling for Denny ultimately led to one of the most memorable and heart-wrenching storylines in Grey’s Anatomy history.
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Jane Lacroix, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But by the third week of 7th grade, faced with a new environment and a much larger student population, his school refusal unfolded as a relentless, heart-wrenching challenge.
—Elizabeth Austin, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
The Last of Us season 2 trailer dropped on March 8, and teased just as many heart-pounding action sequences and heart-wrenching emotional fall-outs amidst the dystopian zombie landscape as the first.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
Nynaeve’s trip into a heart-wrenching alternate reality via the magical Arches used as an initiation rite by the Aes Sedai; Egwene’s breaking by and escape from the Seanchan; Rand’s romance with Lanfear and bromance with Ishamael, two suave and seductive villains.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jane Lacroix, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But by the third week of 7th grade, faced with a new environment and a much larger student population, his school refusal unfolded as a relentless, heart-wrenching challenge.
—Elizabeth Austin, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
The Last of Us season 2 trailer dropped on March 8, and teased just as many heart-pounding action sequences and heart-wrenching emotional fall-outs amidst the dystopian zombie landscape as the first.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
Nynaeve’s trip into a heart-wrenching alternate reality via the magical Arches used as an initiation rite by the Aes Sedai; Egwene’s breaking by and escape from the Seanchan; Rand’s romance with Lanfear and bromance with Ishamael, two suave and seductive villains.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Heart-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart-wrenching. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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