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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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They hide the trauma by charging by the liter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

She added that she has been seeing a psychiatrist to help her recover from the trauma of losing the baby.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

When voters approved Measure B in 2002 to fund the county’s trauma center network, an audit years later found the county couldn’t account for whether the money actually had been spent on emergency medical services.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Viles Dorsainvil, the executive director of Haitian Community Support Center, calls it a lasting trauma that the immigrant population and their children will carry with them beyond this administration.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

I’ve been begging him to let me, since I’m turning twelve in five months, but he hears too many stories about air-bag disasters from the trauma team he works with at the hospital.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan




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