strain
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Aides, donors and friends say they often have to speak loudly in meetings with the president because he strains to hear.
Even the way my neck tensed up — I couldn’t, move my neck after some of these days because you’re straining.
From Los Angeles Times
David Rosenberg, founder of Rosenberg Research, called it an example of “how the economic imbalances and strains are intensifying from the AI spending bubble.”
From Barron's
They have formed their own regional bloc, and have pivoted towards Russia after relations with other West African states and Western powers became strained.
From BBC
Trade relations between the two countries remain strained as Beijing’s top cybersecurity regulator earlier in the year urged big tech companies not to buy Nvidia’s chips.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
