stressed
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“That does take some energy and just makes you focus on the wrong things. Then I got even more stressed and anxious.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Borden, it has long stressed that congressional action under this clause “could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.”
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Dollar General’s customers are feeling stressed, increasingly reining in spending on household expenses such as groceries as they face higher prices at the gas pump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Despite the possible cases of the virus outside Africa, the WHO has stressed repeatedly that its global spread is highly unlikely.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“I wouldn’t be so stressed about getting this promotion if you took the hardware store job,” Mom says under her breath.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Vocabulary lists containing stressed
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