It has been an excruciating wait for survivors, desperate for news of relatives and friends they have not been able to contact.

幸存者在煎熬中等待，急切地想知道无法联系上的亲友们的下落。

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We understand how long and excruciating the wait was, and we also understand what you want the most right now as well.

我们知道等待是多么艰辛而漫长，我们也知道你们现在想要的究竟是什么。

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Baier dispatched five execution squads, thus keeping the "torture zone"--the excruciating wait to find out if you've been let go--to a minimum.

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So the excruciating wait continued.

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The wait is particularly excruciating for Constellation and its investors, though.

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