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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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Abigail Maguire's university experience has been marked by trauma and overcoming adversity.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Experts worried the trauma wrought by the move would disrupt their spawning process, but they had babies that spring.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

For all the success—Grammys, Image Awards, Kennedy Center Honors and 90 million records sold—White, who died in 2016 at 74, never got past his early trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

They just moved me out of the recovery room into the trauma intensive-care unit, or ICU.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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