traumatic
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It was a traumatic time for a man who had farmed his whole life, and it was hard watching his neighbours tend to their cows.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It doesn’t have to be about your traumatic middle-school years or looming financial stressors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The experience was deeply traumatic, and its impact has stayed with us. Today’s decision is not about the compensation, but about accountability and recognition,” the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some 100 million Americans have been born since or are too young to remember the traumatic day.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Maybe it wasn’t as traumatic as it could have been because I knew I still had a part of Grandpa in Mango.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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