harrowing
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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 footage posted online showed the woman being plucked from the car by a helicopter technician using a rescue harness.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Harrowing images have emerged of some of the millions of children caught in the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Harrowing is also done in the first stages of growth of some crops to kill weeds and make a soil mulch.
From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon
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