depression
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Early in his second term, the country plunged into a depression fueled partially by railroad speculation and doubts about the U.S. dollar’s convertibility into gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The barrister said the defendant was a family man and a parent, with a number of health issues including a brain injury, epilepsy, anxiety and depression.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Enormous pressure placed on students in South Korea's ultra-competitive education system has been partly blamed for teenage depression and suicide rates that are among the highest in the world.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The technique has already been used for other psychiatric conditions, including treatment-resistant depression.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Deprivation of work, particularly among men, is strongly associated with depression and violence.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
She said the impact it had on her life was awful, with depressions that felt like "sinking into a dark hole", leaving her stuck in bed and not able to face the day.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Wars, diseases, revolutions, depressions, bankruptcies, financial crises and natural disasters all swept through history and wiped out wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
He added: “I know I could not have been so calm through depressions, inflations, banking and currency crises, wars and political disruptions.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
She toyed with her knife making circular depressions in a pat of butter and the movement hypnotized me.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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