distressed
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Meanwhile, cash-flush buyers are circling these distressed properties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
It said the whales had been "behaving in a distressed manner typically seen prior to a stranding event".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The development pocket landed on California’s distressed insurance market list because it falls within Placer County, which stretches 65 miles east into the severe fire zones of the rugged Sierra Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
"There are no words I could use to convey how personally distressed I am," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Bubbe gets distressed when we remind her that her memory is going, he says.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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