be hurting

idiom

: to be very upset and unhappy
My sister has really been hurting since her boyfriend left her.

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Here are three ways business schools may be hurting aspiring entrepreneurs. Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Analysts said, in any case, Ferrari buyers won’t be hurting as much as other American car buyers. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025 In practice, this means the nation’s top consumer financial watchdog has effectively been pulled off the street, prevented from providing oversight over big banks, payday lenders and other financial institutions that could be hurting consumers. Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025 State AGs, meanwhile, have launched a flurry of investigations into the ways social media platforms could be hurting kids by deploying addictive design features, culminating in a barrage of lawsuits against Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta in October. Cristiano Lima-Strong, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for be hurting

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“Be hurting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20hurting. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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