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Needless to say this was a very distressful and infuriating experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
“Maternity, or additional offspring, may force upon the woman a distressful life and future,” Justice Blackmun wrote in Roe v.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2017
“I find it distressful the discussion of parks focuses only on their economic value.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2013
In Sidcup, England, the town that was home to Gillies' special facial hospital, some park benches were painted blue; a code that warned townspeople that any man sitting on one would be distressful to view.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2013
“It is a very distressful thing,” he wrote, “to walk into a yard in May and not hear a bee buzz.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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