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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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“Many folks grow up with stories of financial losses and financial trauma, whether it’s someone they know or represented in the media,” she said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Reforms should "take into account victim-survivors' traumatic reactions", Florence Tsang, a trauma counsellor at the sexual violence crisis centre RainLily, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

A jury inquest found her "treatment and trauma" throughout her dealings with mental health services, which included a stay at "chaotic and unsafe" West Lane Hopsital in Middlesbrough, were "contributing factors to her death".

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

An air-traffic controller took trauma leave after the radar outage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Each time he had given those unsettling warnings, he had been airing out his own trauma, distancing himself from it by reducing it to a cautionary tale.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

That is where we break generational cycles and traumas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Both Clark and Mary wrestle with their individual traumas, but the specific points of their histories are explored with less interest than the Backrooms themselves.

From Salon May 30, 2026

“There were a lot of foundational traumas with my parents.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

But he was still recovering from the trauma of the war as well as some serious traumas that preceded his military experience.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Absorption takes place from the inner surface of the uterus or from traumata in the genital canal.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

We shall refer later on to those other exactly similar cases of cyclical depression which can nevertheless easily be traced back to mental traumata.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund

The principal causes of primary keratitis are traumata and infection from the conjunctiva.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various




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