under stress
Example Sentences
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With plans twisted out of shape, and under stress and scrutiny, they won all the same.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The IMF urges policymakers to monitor these and other vulnerabilities and be ready to act should the financial system come under stress.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
A fund holding consumer and small-business loans made by companies including Affirm and Block is the latest corner of the private-credit market to come under stress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
When mitochondria increase their oxygen consumption under stress, they can lower the amount of oxygen available inside chloroplasts.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Langdon was such a copy of what he had been at the same age that it seemed, under stress of certain memories, almost wrong to reprove him.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
