traumatic
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As business publication Fast Company noted, Backrooms is among several recent liminal space titles "shaped by Gen Z's most traumatic formative years".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Firefighters responded to the scene of a traumatic injury involving skydivers near the 600 block of East Ellis Avenue just before 2 p.m., according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Turning the page didn’t work after the most traumatic event in American history.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Detours into Lindsay’s traumatic childhood, for example, and into her current profession as an audiobook narrator seem somewhat extraneous.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The event had been traumatic for the Hollywood Park officials and seemed to make them overly concerned about Smith.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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