traumatic
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It doesn’t have to be about your traumatic middle-school years or looming financial stressors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The experience was deeply traumatic, and its impact has stayed with us. Today’s decision is not about the compensation, but about accountability and recognition,” the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Helmets became a matter of keen public interest 20 years ago, after researchers linked football-related head trauma with the brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Some 100 million Americans have been born since or are too young to remember the traumatic day.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The breakup of any marriage is traumatic, especially for the children.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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