distress

Delinquencies are staying on credit records longer, pushing New York Fed measures of credit-card distress to their highest level since the aftermath of the 2008 crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In 2017 researchers coined the term orthosomnia to describe the tendency to chase perfect scores with sleep tracking and the ensuing sleep problems, distress, and anxiety from not receiving a perfect score.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Copper-rich Zambia, once a byword for sovereign debt distress, heads to the polls Thursday in an election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema has convinced voters his economic reforms are paying off.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Director of Animal Care Kristen Wieners said Ruby had shown signs of distress last weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

For Singer this was a time of great distress.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Sleeping out in the stifling summer heat leaves her exhausted, but what distresses her more is not knowing when or how this situation will end.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

But what distresses him most is not the financial pain big farmers will experience but the hardship that will be visited upon workers and their families who are dependent upon agriculture for their livelihoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The backbencher's bill will introduce harsher sentences for someone who deliberately harasses, alarms, or distresses someone in a public place, and increasing the maximum sentences from six months to two years.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022

“As they help lead us out of our long bout with the pandemic they will provide balm for our distresses and delight for our hearts.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

“The coroner,” he wrote Margaret three days after the collapse, “is a disagreeable little doctor, a political hack, without brains, who distresses me.”

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

She added that many of Al Fayed's alleged victims would be distressed by the breach, saying: "For me, it's more of the same, really, and deeply re abusive, to be honest. It's unbelievable."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The Pontiac, Mich., company said it was suspending its common-stock payouts and getting financing from Oaktree Capital Management, a lender to distressed companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Lavie appeared in a jailhouse-yellow shirt and blue pants and looked distressed throughout the hearing, nodding and gesturing to friends at times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Liverpool at the time was seen as a distressed asset, at least financially.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

“I am giving it back to my father!” hollered back the distressed man.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

Physiological reactions to memories of criticism decreased, indicating that recalling distressing experiences no longer triggered the same level of intense stress.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

Gartshore's defence lawyer Murray Macara called it a "truly tragic and distressing case".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Yes, it’s weird and distressing, watching billionaires play catch with our ballclubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Those of us who regard the court as an essential institution find it particularly distressing how personal it often gets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

One day, when young Siddhartha was distressing his father with his defiance and temper and had broken both rice bowls, Vasudeva took his friend aside in the evening and talked to him.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse