stressful
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"When the vehicles arrived, the joy I felt even made me cry because I no longer have to deal with engine oil or anything stressful," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It was hierarchical and stressful, but it was not because of my fellow writers, except that I wanted to impress them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Laila Qaiyoom has three exams this term and said the "constant pressure to be doing something" was stressful and made it harder to switch off from studying.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
I got to see him in a very stressful time and he was level-headed and quite reasonable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It would be as if, when everything started going wrong, when it started getting stressful, we could have just gone backward.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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