distress
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Related dietary research in adults has suggested that higher choline intake may be linked with lower odds of depression, but the same study did not find a significant adjusted association with anxiety or psychological distress.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The distress channel of his maritime radio was crackling with the pleas of seafarers among the 20,000 still stranded on cargo ships and tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
He refused to be interviewed, but in an email said he "does not seek to cause distress or harm".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Hantavirus is a rare respiratory disease that is usually spread from infected rodents and can cause respiratory and cardiac distress as well as haemorrhagic fevers.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
He explained that it was maritime law to help a ship in distress.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing distress
Don't Distress: Words With Irregular Opposites
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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