distressing
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Chicago Fed boss Austan Goolsbee told PBS Newshour the reading was "another distressing report, borderline disturbing".
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee called the consumer price data “another distressing report, borderline disturbing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Pirie added: "I know that for those who were at the party on Saturday, this has been a really distressing time, but their help has been so important."
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“What should have been a happy childhood moment became heartbreaking and distressing for him and deeply painful for our family to witness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
I’d had enough surgery as an older child to know that it was a lengthy, painful, distressing process, and that things could go wrong.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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