"Amid" and "woes" are 2 words only journalists ever really use. I googled the phrase "amid woes" and had to scroll down more than 80 links to find it used on a webpage that wasn't a news article (it was a research report for investors)
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@jeffbercovici headline words esp for print. Alternatives for “woes” are longer … issues, problems, losses … esp useful if you’re stuck with a 2 dek 1 column hed. Same w “amid.” Among reasons journos are good at Twitter. Been making shit fit their entire careers.
@fvogelstein @jeffbercovici Love this game and second Fred’s note - worth differentiating between stuff that generally only shows up in headlines vs body copy.