traumatic
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They are often the places where the legacies of once-powerful empires are at their most traumatic or unresolved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Reforms should "take into account victim-survivors' traumatic reactions", Florence Tsang, a trauma counsellor at the sexual violence crisis centre RainLily, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
She spent the final 11 months of her life in three hospitals, starting with a traumatic four months at TEWV's West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough in March 2019.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
"The sending of such graphic images and financial information to a grieving family who have already been through a very traumatic experience is incomprehensible," it concluded.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Doctors have asked Kathy what she thinks the most traumatic part of the Katrina experience was.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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