torture
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Corporate retreats are generally assumed to be torture, or at least a semi-stressful chore, what with their forced-fun activities and hybrid work-play environments that leave workers confused about boundaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
After the crackdown in January, Sheikhi fled to the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq, fearing arrest and torture back home, where the moustached, bespectacled man had been no stranger to anti-government protests.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Israel's government has rejected accusations of widespread ill-treatment and torture of detainees, and insisted that it is fully committed to international legal standards.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
I’m hearing what feels like your peak frustration with the “John Yoo special”: As long as it’s not organ failure, it’s not torture.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
“I just can’t. You don’t know what torture it was talking to him about organizing a ball team. We just don't talk, Reuven. Maybe it sounds a little crazy to you. But it’s true.”
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Vocabulary lists containing torture
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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