It's just so heartbreaking.

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It was heartbreaking to get so close and see politics get in the way, particularly because some of the folks who walked away had previously been sponsors of this.

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Now, the history of Somalia over the last 20 years has been equally heartbreaking, if not more so.

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It's just heartbreaking because we've put so much time and effort into the house.

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So we were shocked when we got the heartbreaking news that half of the potential donors had refused to follow up.

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I'm trying so hard to stay positive but it is heartbreaking.

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Ms. LITHWICK: There's so many and each of them is sort of heartbreaking, but you know, there's the guy in Atlantic City who kept scamming women he met online and would send them love letters and tell them to spend money so he could move to be near them and then he would gamble it away at the casinos.

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And so, as tragic as the circumstances of what we've seen today are, as heartbreaking as it is for the families, it's worth us spending most of our time reflecting on young Americans like Allie and Stephanie, because they represent what's best in us, and they assure us that out of this darkness a brighter day is going to come.

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The stories can be heartbreaking: family members have fallings out, couples who pour their life savings into failing restaurants, and so on.

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