as in distress
a state of great suffering of body or mind
a documentary chronicling the lasting tribulation of Holocaust survivors
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Recent Examples of tribulation
Glimpses of past traumas and ongoing tribulations are thrown into balance the full breadth of a character striving to solidify her dominion.
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Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Besides missing each other for weeks on end, one of the more difficult tribulations of our relationship was the frequent travel: One of us would fly to the other every other month or so.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
Placed at number 32 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Lemonade was an artistic high point for Beyoncé, but the album’s construction was not without its tribulations.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline The play tells the story of a ’70s-era, Fleetwood Mac-esque rock band recording what will become their masterpiece album despite personal tribulations and professional challenges.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
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Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Besides missing each other for weeks on end, one of the more difficult tribulations of our relationship was the frequent travel: One of us would fly to the other every other month or so.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
Placed at number 32 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Lemonade was an artistic high point for Beyoncé, but the album’s construction was not without its tribulations.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline The play tells the story of a ’70s-era, Fleetwood Mac-esque rock band recording what will become their masterpiece album despite personal tribulations and professional challenges.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tribulation
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While climate denial allows people to protect themselves from feelings of distress, terror management theory suggests that denying death is just the tip of the iceberg.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Twigs’s success over the years has been used as a tactic by LaBeouf’s legal team to undermine her accusation of emotional distress.Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Compared to the agony and the ecstasy on display in McQueen’s extraordinary Small Axe compilation, which celebrated the United Kingdom’s diaspora culture while forcing the country to reckon with its institutionally racist past, this might seem like weak tea.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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The movie One of the darkest true stories on this list, An American Crime never undersells or soft-pedals the ceaseless agony of Likens’ ordeal.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Democratic Party should be put out of its misery.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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The silent anguish that Charles describes has dangerous real-world ramifications: After the death of a spouse, widowers experience higher rates of mortality, persistent depression, and social isolation than widows do.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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The plot is on the heavy side: The Innocents plays with the mental anguish of a person desperately trying to make sense of the world around them while simultaneously dealing with their own emotional turmoil.B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Persistent back pain is another indicator – this, too, is the result of tiny fractures or compression of the spine.Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Their pain affects not just them, but also their parents and siblings.Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Tribulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribulation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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