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    Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered...
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  • Look up distress, distressed, or distressing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Distress may refer to: Distress (medicine), an aversive state in which...
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    land in small boats. The book, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, was published in 1821 and would inspire...
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    JSTOR 41950511. Olea, Ronalyn (October 25, 2008). "Middle East is 'Most Distressing OFW Destination' – Migrant Group". Bulatlat. Archived from the original...
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    "infringements on academic freedom are distressingly common and that the climate for academic freedom is distressingly poor." The newer rules have not affected...
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  • "'Notes From Dunblane: Lessons From a School Shooting' is a powerful, distressing watch". The Daily Dot. July 9, 2019. "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Lessons...
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  • and plot and to provide an overall creepy, unpleasant, unsettling, or distressing atmosphere. Psychological horror usually aims to create discomfort or...
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  • dreadful news about John the Baptizer's arrest by King Herod Antipas, distressing Andrew. Thomas informs Jesus of their lack of food, and the group goes...
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    Japanese fleet prepared to invade Sri Lanka as "the most dangerous and distressing moment of the entire conflict". – Commonwealth Air Training Program Museum...
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  • attractive by outsiders, but by the aesthetic standards of her family she is distressingly unattractive. Marilyn laments that she keeps scaring away potential...
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    people can sometimes recover more quickly from more distressing experiences than from less distressing ones. The hypothesized reason is that intense states...
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    specific, powerful individuals. By providing simple explanations of distressing events—the conspiracy theory in the Arab world, for example, that the...
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    industry violates its labourers' human rights by assigning difficult and distressing tasks without adequate counselling, training and debriefing. However...
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  • creature of chaos with six legs and no face; the Qiongqi (窮奇; Qióngqí; 'distressingly strange', 'thoroughly odd'), a monstrous creature that eats people,...
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  • at a cost when Mrs. Oleson attempts to tear their relationship apart, distressing the Reverend to illness. Mrs. Oleson reports Rev. Alden to church leadership...
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  • negative review and stated, "Priyadarshan's chaotic comedy-of-errors is distressingly dated." Narendra Saini of NDTV India gave the film 2 out of 5 stars...
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    sensitive boy, found the less salubrious parts of Dublin shocking and distressing, and was happier at the cottage. Lee's students often gave him books...
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    tears at your heart and brings tears to your eyes. It was overwhelmingly distressing and emotional." Romney also said he didn't know how close he was and...
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    statements that can distort the story are avoided. As disclosing abuse can be distressing and sometimes even shameful, reassuring the child that he or she has...
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  • centuries, such as the diary of Samuel Pepys, who described intrusive and distressing symptoms following the 1666 Fire of London. During the world wars, the...
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