distress

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Lindsay Toczylowski, co-founder of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, said her organization received a hotline call from a witness who reported seeing Ramos-Solano struggling to breathe and in visible distress.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In contrast, lower-quality diets were more often linked to higher levels of psychological distress.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

No fever, no gastrointestinal distress, nothing resembling a cold, flu or Covid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Leon Rengel is asking for at least $1.3 million in damages for "loss of liberty" and "emotional distress."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“Traveling clothes. A grief ensemble. I’m in great distress, Jakob. I would do anything to avoid going to Cleveland.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin