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She encouraged those distraught over the election to seek spaces of healing and pledged UC’s “unwavering commitment” to continue serving society with higher learning, research and public service.

Many Muslim Americans are understandably distraught about U.S. policy in the Middle East.

In a critical piece that accused Find a Grave of backing “bad actors and bad data,” OneZero reported that a “distraught parent” posted a complaint about Find a Grave back in 2010 after they discovered an online memorial to their dead 6-year-old child.

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When he sees and hears about what he has done, he is distraught and contrite.

The protest campaign, which began as a Michigan-focused effort, encouraged distraught voters to choose "uncommitted" or "no preference" when voting in their states' Democratic primaries to apply pressure on the Biden administration for an arms embargo and to press Israel for a permanent ceasefire.

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