distressing

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Deputy Chief Constable Rob Griffin said: "We recognise this will be particularly distressing for affected families who are part of Operation Perth."

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Mark Budden, East Midlands route director for Network Rail, said it had been a "distressing incident" and one priority was to "recover the railway".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

As distressing as their circumstance is, Naim and Ryan are unmistakably positioned as heroic lovers, not victims-to-be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Children and young people who are on the autism spectrum often find getting a haircut distressing, due to it being a highly sensory experience, they say.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

He looked vaguely like the little boy in the picture in Gabriel Pérdido’s wallet, which weighed me down as I thought of the distressing news we were bearing.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall