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ordeal

noun as in trouble, suffering

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Our correspondent, who has been paralysed since being shot by al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia 20 years ago, described his ordeal as both physically deeply uncomfortable and degrading.

From BBC

“I do not think we have the institutional strength and confidence in our leaders to go through an ordeal like that,” he said.

In the comics, the whole ordeal with the Infinity Stones was Thanos’ attempt to woo her.

She opened up about her ordeal with breast cancer in a BBC documentary, Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, which was broadcast in September.

From BBC

“These defendants subjected their victim and his family to a terrifying ordeal in order to illegally profit,” said U.S.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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