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bane

[beyn] / beɪn /


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And then there are weather disruptions, the bane of non-league football.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The latest worries were triggered last Friday on news from Anthropic, the artificial-intelligence start-up that has been the bane of software companies this year.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Besides, high cholesterol is the bane of men in my family, not cancer — so why worry?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Falling prices are a boon for buyers but a bane for homeowners.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

For Snowmane in his agony had rolled away from him again; yet he was the bane of his master.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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