They just want to get the hell out of there, out of sight, to alleviate the sting of ridicule, and then they want to forget about the entire miserable experience.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Then We Came to the End'

Harmison flashed another catch behind, Mitch Claydon was lbw to Sajid Mahmood, who then took a simple catch at mid-off to put the seal on a miserable effort from Durham 20 minutes before lunch on day three.

BBC: Anderson stars in Lancashire romp

And then there were those pesky tenants, who organized rallies and filed lawsuits and made life miserable for the new owners.

WSJ: Book Review: Other People's Money

The greatest decade of the 20th century for start-ups was indeed the miserable 1970s: FedEx, Southwest, Microsoft, Apple, Genentech, Oracle and Charles Schwab were started then.

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