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trauma

[trau-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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In the aftermath of their shared trauma, Charlie and Sam have grown into different brands of tough cookie, which doesn’t bode well for their getting along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

When you’re interviewing someone who has gone through a terrible trauma, how have you thought about asking them to retell it for a public audience, having been in that position over and over again yourself?

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

The trauma of that experience was probably far deeper and more injurious than we wanted to admit, so we just sort of sleepwalked as events cascaded around us, feeling emotionally distanced and impotent.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Nor is he required to plumb the depths of his father’s trauma from his time in the army.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Let 'em deal with that emotional trauma when they're not flying a spaceship around."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Hungary has opened communist-era secret police files to the public, in a controversial move the government says will help Hungarian society heal itself from the traumas of 45 years of communist rule.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Others are putting their money on Antiguan-American author Jamaica Kincaid, whose work deals with exile, identity and the traumas inherited from colonialism, or on Chinese writer Can Xue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s a quiet, contented life, “solid and safe,” Livia says, except that she remains disturbed by traumas from her youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Lincoln’s fate has been the most heavily publicized, but it isn’t the only aircraft carrier to suffer these traumas.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

One of the country's least-discussed postwar problems is how frequently combat veterans bring the traumas of war back with them and are incarcerated after returning to their communities.

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

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 Sigmund Freud

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

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

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various


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