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In this way, “The Sheep Detectives” recalls an earlier era of children’s movies that weren’t afraid to lightly traumatize their young audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

On Monday, Minnesota school districts and educators sought an emergency order in federal court to stop immigration operations near public schools because of their potential to traumatize children.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2026

“This country has done nothing but traumatize me in the last six months. Maybe I’ll just move to Spain.”

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

But we need to be able to do so “in a way that doesn’t totally traumatize us and leave us distressed and at risk for heart health problems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024

They’re a little more hands off with Ryan—nobody wants to traumatize a second grader.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Writing from her own experience, O'Neil digs into the ways in which shame conditions and traumatizes those whose bodies don't adhere to beauty industry norms.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022

When patients tell her they’re using an at-home file, “I cringe, because what that does is it actually traumatizes the skin, and then your body gets drier and it adds more calluses,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022

Their roles as sounding boards have become more vital as the daily onslaught of news alarms traumatizes some, said Ben “Taco” Owens, who supervises a team of 11 intervention workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2020

It traumatizes them and leads to worse outcomes later.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2019

“Use of such restraint traumatizes a person in emotional distress and exacerbates the condition and experience of the crisis for the individual,” she said in an email.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2016

He is understandably traumatized, put under police investigation and stymied when he tries to find out more about the dead girl and her motives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Residents near the epicenter of a major earthquake in southern Panama began cleaning up on Saturday, traumatized by the previous day's heavy shaking that left widespread damage but so far no reported deaths.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Jordan, who escapes relatively unscathed, is at once cowed and traumatized yet committed to vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

That procedure, they argued, would result in “Christa involuntarily reliving the worst moments of her life, much like traumatized soldiers when they return from a war zone.”

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

As for our fellow refugees, maybe they had been too dazed, too traumatized, or just too tired to pay much attention to this young elephant that was wandering along with them.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

For all these women, it took having terrible, even traumatizing experiences in these movements to make them realize that perhaps it’s not feminist claptrap to believe in equal rights and bodily autonomy.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Divorce is a traumatizing event, and your friend has moved on in a productive and forward-looking manner.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

Recent months have brought “the most traumatizing experiences of our lives,” she told Stephanopoulos, adding, “Our life as we knew it is done.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

All of these questions ran through my mind at the thought of the story and of all the traumatizing things that women faced.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers