distressed
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It wanted the GP to take over prescribing testosterone to a vulnerable 18-year-old female, who was distressed about her gender.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The duchess said: "I am deeply distressed at the news that has come to light in the last 24 hours, and my thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“It’s the biggest dichotomy we’ve seen between these lower-quality companies getting to distressed levels in credit, and the broader ‘risk markets’ priced nearly to perfection,” said Miskin.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
George, a 37-year-old French entrepreneur, started out investing in distressed real-estate properties before pivoting to data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Slant is greatly distressed by this terrible lullaby; and protested to Olakunde, Pomp, and me, “Maybe he live for one hundred years. They can’t go eat him. Another thing can’t die. Not one more thing.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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