distress
Example Sentences
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Even before the U.S. intervention this January ended oil shipments to Cuba, Venezuela’s economic distress drove Caracas to scale back its support.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A jury on Wednesday awarded their parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their surviving brother $176 million in wrongful death and emotional distress damages after an eight-week civil trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The sale has been seen more as a signal of shifting sentiment than as evidence of financial distress at Strategy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
At the time, Wallace said he was "deeply sorry for any distress" he caused, and that he "never set out to harm or humiliate".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
If you can overlook and tolerate some obvious distress and complete the lesson, the child will have experienced the entire routine and established it mentally.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing distress
Don't Distress: Words With Irregular Opposites
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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