strained

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“Household budgets are now being further strained by higher gasoline prices and spillover from higher energy costs onto other goods,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Part of the problem was the sheer enormity of the initial outbreak, which quickly strained available stocks of tests, medications, and PPE, not to mention hospital beds and healthcare workers’ time.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The row is the just the latest example of the strained relations between European regulators and US big tech firms.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

A devastating fly is the latest problem for America’s already strained beef market.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The steel cables stiffened and strained like a drawn archer’s bow.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin