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Eventually, tissue expelled itself from her body in an agonizing process, she said.

It is also the entry point to a messy interpersonal conflict that spills out from the classroom and involves decades of family history, which the screenplay slowly parcels out in agonizing, tantalizing drips of information.

Parents said the lack of standardized processes for reopening is confusing, and many are agonizing over the decision to send their children to school.

A contender for the upcoming international feature Oscar, “I’m Still Here” brilliantly distills an agonizing chapter of a nation’s recent past into a sophisticated portrait of communal endurance.

The family reported the 86-year-old missing and agonized about her fate.