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The hospital filled with shell-shocked kids who had been wrenched from collapsed buildings and others with bullet wounds in their chests and heads.

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Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton, whose emotionally wrenching performances and idiosyncratic personal style made her a touchstone to generations of American women, died in her native California.

It'll be an unimaginable wrench when we do have to say that last goodbye to mum, but I'm so glad I know and understand her wishes.

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That wrenching experience prompted Wilson to become an activist full time.

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He tends to favor spare instrumentation, drawing the ear to his husky voice and often wrenching lyrics.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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