distraught
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As they await a final ruling, her community in Georgia remains distraught.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
On the night of the fall, Herring's mother made a distraught 999 call to summon emergency services.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
So with thoughtful invention, Ozon gives the distraught Djemila — the murdered Algerian’s sister, unnamed in the book — a voice to go with her ignored status.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Or should she support a distraught mother’s efforts to save her daughter?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The time traveler, who’d been sitting on a workbench looking distraught, sprang to his feet and said, “Fellas, what are you doing here?”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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