Travails

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of travail form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of travail form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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labortoilaccouchementbe confinedbearbear a child

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"Meanwhile, physicians who work in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, continue giving testimony about the travails of people who desperately want help. They talk about sickly, frail people walking for miles through war zones, through crocodile-infested waters, through monsoons, to clinics where there may or may not be the treatment they need."

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