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The phrase "distressing case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or incident that causes significant emotional pain or concern. Example: "The report detailed a distressing case of animal cruelty that shocked the community."
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The distressing case of a young boy with cancer was making headlines in Germany in 2003.
He said: "This has been, on any view, an exceptional, and exceptionally distressing case".
Daimler-Benz's $36 billion acquisition of Chrysler in 1998 is a distressing case in point.
Carol Shelton and her husband, Bill, are on their second honeymoon in the Florida Keys when she gets an unrelenting and distressing case of deja vu.
Opening the trial, Mr Aylett told jurors: "I'm afraid that this is a distressing case which you will find both terrible and tragic.
He wrote: "The reasons given are pitiably sad; the most distressing case this, surely, of its kind and one that may wake the national mind to saner methods of curing a terrible disease than by criminal legislation".
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"If the government does not act decisively then the distressing cases we have considered will be repeated and more young lives will be wasted," warns the report.
Although the welfare reform bill is not yet law, there have been a number of distressing cases in which benefits, or the lack of access to them, may have played a role.
In a small number of distressing cases, patients regain spontaneous circulation but remain in a persistent vegetative state.
Take a look at these 10 particularly distressing cases, and see if it doesn't inspire you to reactivate your New Year's resolutions.
These were the most distressing cases to listen to for the research team as these deaths appeared to be avoidable.
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