Word: distressingly
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...before Deborah Melville's death in July 2007, the 12-year-old was visited by a Northern Territory child-protection worker at her foster home outside of Darwin, Australia. The caseworker noted the girl's distress, who, according to the Australian media, was crying on the kitchen floor when she arrived. The social worker comforted Deborah, reassuring her that she would not be uprooted and moved to another home...
...entire season and leading rebounder on the team, took the most shots for Penn but was largely ineffective, only making two of her 11 attempts and finishing the game with five points. The case was different for the Crimson, which improved its shooting percentage to 50 percent, causing further distress to an already weakened opponent...
...colonoscopies and spinal taps, without due regard for how the children involved might be affected. It also cited Wakefield's method of gathering blood samples - he paid children at his son's birthday party $8 to give blood - and said that Wakefield displayed a "callous disregard for the distress and pain the children might suffer...