stress
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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
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“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
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"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
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"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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