torment
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But the mother does not know what happened to him and describes the lack of answers as "mental torment".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Meanwhile, Lucy’s life is upended when she is expelled from school; but years later, and not without making another questionable choice, she is finally free from his torment.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
There was nothing tidy about the torment of the Chilean miners, though they did get themselves organized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
What if him trying to kiss me was just a way of trying to torment me?
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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