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stress

[stres] / strɛs /






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He also noted that an individual’s T levels fluctuate constantly and can be affected by stress and poor sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Fostering — temporarily caring for an animal, usually on their route to adoption — alleviates stress on shelters, providing care when they can’t.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

In the years after, close to 20 percent struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Despite their experiences, the DJs were keen to stress that they did not blame the venues or promoters involved.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

It’s supposed to be low stress, but of course all the parents and teachers freak out about it.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

“The risk,” Bowler stresses, “is that a seemingly benign policy decision produces a disorderly bond market tantrum by undermining confidence in the broader policy mix.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Materials designed to curve and then hold that form are often produced by molding polymers and carefully controlling residual stresses inside them.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Zuckerberg’s screed stresses the need to “build trust and alignment with communities across the country” to better “accelerate the ability to build infrastructure.”

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

This could be different every week depending on different activities, but Radice stresses there should be a plan in advance so it's not left to the last minute.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Since the areas of the cross sections of the supporting wires are equal, the stresses in the wire, force divided by cross-sectional area, vary as the lengths of the wires.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

"Every day when I open the shop there are feathers everywhere. People get stressed about it but where are they going to go?"

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Kennedy stressed that if receivers get open-field one-on-ones, they will have to turn five-yard receptions into 10-, 15- or 20-yard plays to keep the defense honest.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

“When the conversation becomes a dinner-table conversation, it’s going to become, definitely, a board-level conversation,” said Shah, who stressed the importance of keeping human control over AI in these chats.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

“People were so grateful as everyone in the area was so stressed out,” she adds.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

He stressed how important it was for Millet to attend.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

"Every museum in the world is stressing now," Brand says.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Kennedy said the senior signal-caller was walking up and down the sideline, talking to teammates and stressing a “next drive” mentality.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

He added that despite progress towards a pact, "that momentum reversed" in the end, stressing that building domestically and diversifying trade abroad has been "plan A from the start."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Yet in September, corporate borrowers already stressing the market with a huge supply of new bonds to finance the artificial-intelligence build-out are expected to kick things up a notch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

But there was no use stressing about it.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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