stressful
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The Guardian headlines on "School inspections to be overhauled yet again" after the new system was labelled "dangerously stressful" and "damaging teachers' mental health".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“It was logistically stressful, and I could have walked away many times,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Give it your declining heart-rate variability, shortened sleep, increased mileage and stressful Tuesday, and it can fashion a plausible story connecting them, even when the explanation remains uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Bank-account fraud is so stressful, and it’s even worse when you’re going in circles with new accounts and, now, a halt to your Social Security income.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
He’d put off making more copies because the process was so stressful.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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