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It will seem crazy and oftentimes harrowing at first, but it slows down, and you find your head coach voice pretty quickly.

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Vanessa Kirby’s performance was singled out for carrying “Pieces of a Woman,” a harrowing drama about a home birth.

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It is one of the most harrowing accounts of the insurrection that has been made public to date — and a testament to just how devastating the event was to our democracy.

“I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE”: AOC’S HARROWING ACCOUNT OF THE CAPITOL HILL ATTACKZACK BEAUCHAMPFEBRUARY 2, 2021VOX

In this episode, Finnegan, whose surfing memoir Barbarian Days won the Pulitzer Prize, shares one of his most harrowing experiences in the water.

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Schaff later told a harrowing story of being trapped in the Capitol as rioters broke in.

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His presidency has been a harrowing survey of the things that are possible if nobody stops you.

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During this harrowing time, I have been preoccupied with losing weight.

TALLYING UP A YEAR OF LOSS: A LOT OF POUNDS, TOO MANY LOVED ONES, COUNTLESS CONNECTIONSJERRY BREWERDECEMBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Never mind that I had spent much of my parenting life trying to safely navigate my children through our harrowing world — full of violent cartoons, sex cams, processed foods, water bottles with BPA.

I BROUGHT MY KIDS TO THE DEVIL FOR CHRISTMAS. AND THEY’RE FINE. RIGHT?PETULA DVORAKDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POST

There are few experiences more harrowing than an earthquake.

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These severe weather events can be particularly harrowing when you’re mid-adventure.

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