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strain

[streyn] / streɪn /










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Researchers say those earlier cases involved a different strain than the one driving the current spread.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

You could not blame some of the world's top players for feeling the strain of the game.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A series of news reports spotlighting Quantinuum’s financials may have added to the strain.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

As a former political advisor to Britain’s Conservative Party, Hilton helped usher in a green, socially liberal strain of conservatism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Others put “the Fourth Presence” down to the psychological and physical strain the men were under.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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