distress

In town, a crusty denizen relays to Sung-ae what he saw days ago in the forest, along with its digestive distress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Despite several distress calls, it was nearly 12 hours after the first pleas for help before the boat was finally found by a French fishing vessel.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Chaya Hanoomanjee, the lawyer who led the claim, said in April 2024 claimants had "experienced significant distress" over their sensitive and private information being shared without their consent.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The overstretched will slide into financial distress, inflicting losses on banks and on the private lenders that have proliferated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

I scan the tent as we enter, looking for animals in distress.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Sleeping out in the stifling summer heat leaves her exhausted, but what distresses her more is not knowing when or how this situation will end.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

But what distresses him most is not the financial pain big farmers will experience but the hardship that will be visited upon workers and their families who are dependent upon agriculture for their livelihoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The backbencher's bill will introduce harsher sentences for someone who deliberately harasses, alarms, or distresses someone in a public place, and increasing the maximum sentences from six months to two years.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022

“As they help lead us out of our long bout with the pandemic they will provide balm for our distresses and delight for our hearts.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

“The coroner,” he wrote Margaret three days after the collapse, “is a disagreeable little doctor, a political hack, without brains, who distresses me.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

He said people were shocked and distressed, adding that his thoughts were with those involved.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Caring for a single, distressed marine mammal can take significant time and resources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Perrin and 11 other winemakers in the Pessac-Léognan appellation had to receive special permission to water their vines from France’s winemaking authority, which sent inspectors to ensure the plants were sufficiently distressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Nepal's Prime Minister said "the entire nation has been left shocked and deeply distressed" and that officials would coordinate with China on the response.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The distressed man explained that “Mars had cracked open and great tanks of steel had fallen in New Jersey and great monsters had arisen.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Clancy's case is "an incredibly distressing and rare outcome of postpartum psychosis," Wilson told AFP last month.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

It comes after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK had offered £5m to help the Nepalese government following the floods, saying it was a "very distressing and devastating situation".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

We can think of many things in Washington that are distressing, but we can’t sue to stop them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

And then I had a distressing thought: It was possible that the girl believed I was some kind of maintenance worker.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan