harrowing
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"Harrowing" was how Sir Keir Starmer described the bodycam video footage showing 18-year-old Henry Nowak's final moments.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Appeared in the April 8, 2026, print edition as 'Travel Is Harrowing for Flyers in Wartime'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
“The marathon of it, it’s harrowing. Harrowing, and stressful.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Harrowing Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” produced by The Associated Press and PBS “Frontline,” is nominated for best documentary and best film not in the English language.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
This is from a Latin version of the Greek “Acts of Pilate,” and it is our earliest extant source for that prolific subject, the Harrowing of Hell.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
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