Pedri's concern is understandable, as injuries have marked difficult periods of his young career, and each new setback inevitably brings back memories of long spells spent recovering rather than playing. Those close to the midfielder insist that he worries deeply about physical issues, particularly because he has already endured repeated interruptions just when he appeared to be finding rhythm and continuity.
Merriam-Webster named "slop" its 2025 word of the year, defining it as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence." In its announcement, Merriam-Webster noted that, like " slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don't want to touch." Similarly, The New York Times observed that slop, in graphic terms, "conjures images of heaps of unappetizing food being shoveled into troughs."
Much of what we know about the psychological impact of a D&C (a dilation and curettage procedure to remove tissue from the inside of the uterus) comes from research that tracks symptoms- depression, anxiety, and post- traumatic stress-after pregnancy loss (Lok & Neugebauer, 2007; Farren et al., 2016). These findings matter. They confirm that this experience can be emotionally destabilizing.
"The fact that you don't know if the missiles are about to fall on you, that we are now living with this feeling of helplessness, it's insane," said Ella Keren, a nurse who was with her two young daughters at a Tel Aviv playground.
The controllers didn't just walk off the job; they were traumatized. Their equipment failed. It's written in the regulations that if they experience a traumatic event, they can take time off to go see a psychiatrist.
"The most poignant feature is an agonizing doubt about their continued ability to love others, and to accept affection. One veteran said: 'I hope I can learn to love as much as I learned to hate'..."
Those who survive shelling often imitate the sounds of explosions when they talk about the experience. I instantly think of this when an early morning roll call of how are you? starts in the friends' group chat.