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suffering

Definition for suffering

noun as in pain, agony

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He lost his first bid to return when a High Court judge ruled he was at risk of suffering greater harm in returning to the UK.

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Mrs Sears said: "We are just everyday people that would help anyone, you can't see someone suffering, someone being frightened, you just help them."

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The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally.

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"Eli Katoa was taken to hospital after suffering seizure activity on the bench during the second half of yesterday's Pacific Championships match between Tonga and New Zealand," his club Melbourne Storm said in a statement.

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Salmond died in October 2024 at the age of 69 after suffering a heart attack while attending an event in North Macedonia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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