trauma
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Hochman said the victims’ families have urged him to fight to keep them secret, expressing concern that releasing more details about the slayings will “cause them additional trauma and harm.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Helmets became a matter of keen public interest 20 years ago, after researchers linked football-related head trauma with the brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
K Kawshigan claimed that Nora Tan's rejection brought him emotional trauma and caused damage to his reputation.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Children can, at times, sense their parents’ trauma surfacing in seemingly unrelated interactions, when Mom loses her temper or Dad goes silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
“You can’t frighten me. I’ve already had my trauma for the day.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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There were hardships and traumas, periods of institutionalization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
For some, it has worsened their traumas, it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
They had grandparents for the kids to stay with, so they did not go—as tens of thousands do each year—into state custody, with the many attendant traumas that entails.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 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
“He had problems, possibly certain childhood traumas that had affected him. He was misunderstood. Underneath I think he was a caring and sensitive person.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
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
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