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Because I am on blood thinners to help prevent another blood clot, even minor cuts are a major ordeal.

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Testifying that her daughter had been traumatized by the ordeal of finding the hidden tracking device.

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In Tel Aviv, people gathered in Hostages Square, which has become a symbol of the ordeal of the captives.

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Even though the goat tumbled around six feet, she emerged from the ordeal with only a nick on her elbow, Robertson said.

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The ordeal, he says, now “smells like incompetence.”

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