trauma
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“My biggest concern right now — aside from my case, you could say — is my children. It’s a trauma that remains. It’s difficult to overcome that experience.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Now at home with baby Aarav, she faces six weeks physical recovery from the major surgery, but says the mental trauma is the hardest part for her.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
For all the success—Grammys, Image Awards, Kennedy Center Honors and 90 million records sold—White, who died in 2016 at 74, never got past his early trauma.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Trauma del tren, train trauma, that is what Toño says that I have, over these long months with him.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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