trauma
Example Sentences
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Past forced contact with outsiders brought trauma, including disease outbreaks that devastated Indigenous populations lacking immunity.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
"It's triggered by situations and circumstances that remind them of the trauma, and so they get these intrusive memories," he said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Lockhart explores themes of mental illness, conspiracy theories and trauma with intelligence and compassion, and his writing is first-rate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The club also confirmed Valverde has been diagnosed with a cranioencephalic trauma, a type of concussion.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The trauma to Manson’s geology had come not from within the Earth, but from at least 100 million miles beyond.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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