noun
an event causing distress or difficulty
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The community faced great tribulation during the war, with many families displaced and livelihoods destroyed.
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I went through a lot of tribulation trying to fix my car, but I finally got it running again.
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Dealing with that project was a real tribulation, but we managed to pull it off in the end.
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She saw the challenges as a tribulation she had to overcome in order to grow stronger.