distress
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Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram found Wilby guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Delinquencies are staying on credit records longer, pushing New York Fed measures of credit-card distress to their highest level since the aftermath of the 2008 crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In 2017 researchers coined the term orthosomnia to describe the tendency to chase perfect scores with sleep tracking and the ensuing sleep problems, distress, and anxiety from not receiving a perfect score.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Copper-rich Zambia, once a byword for sovereign debt distress, heads to the polls Thursday in an election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema has convinced voters his economic reforms are paying off.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
She takes her hands from her face and shakes her head; whatever distress she had been in has apparently passed.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Sleeping out in the stifling summer heat leaves her exhausted, but what distresses her more is not knowing when or how this situation will end.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
But what distresses him most is not the financial pain big farmers will experience but the hardship that will be visited upon workers and their families who are dependent upon agriculture for their livelihoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
He would like to be able to move on because every time something about the case comes up, it distresses his daughter all over again.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2022
The turn against immigration distresses some Texas business owners.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022
The moon distresses you by silently reminding you of your solitude; you open your eyes wide to escape your loneliness.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The U.S. attorney for northern Mississippi highlighted a former federal employee convicted of plundering a pandemic-era loan program for distressed small businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Lavie appeared in a jailhouse-yellow shirt and blue pants and looked distressed throughout the hearing, nodding and gesturing to friends at times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Liverpool at the time was seen as a distressed asset, at least financially.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
"This shouldn't have happened," the boyfriend of one of the killed teachers told reporters, clearly distressed and trying to hold back tears.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Just to hear themselves talk and the joy of watching the distressed faces of those listening.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Yes, it’s weird and distressing, watching billionaires play catch with our ballclubs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
A Travelodge spokesperson said: "We are deeply sorry for Ms Stephenson's experience and how distressing an incident like this can be."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Those of us who regard the court as an essential institution find it particularly distressing how personal it often gets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The circumstances leading to Hilton’s distressing livestream and Pearl’s filmed execution are entirely dissimilar.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He wants me to tell him about the front; he is curious in a way that I find stupid and distressing; I no longer have any real contact with him.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Vocabulary lists containing distress
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