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Other Nigerians, distraught with the failure of their state to secure lives and property, have cheered the prospect of an American operation.

One of the six people who knocked on Jan and Les Sears' door had blood on her clothes, while another "was so distraught".

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A mother says she feels "distraught" about young people illegally using nitrous oxide, after her daughter was killed by a speeding driver who had been inhaling the drug.

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When the agency did that in the spring, many Californians were distraught to learn that the maps added over 300,000 acres — mostly in developed areas — into the classifications where Zone Zero will apply.

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There, her son, distraught, slept all hours of the day.

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

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