stress
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“Probably the biggest driver of stress is not knowing the end date of deployment—as happens in war cruises like this one. Uncertainty is tough,” said Montgomery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
These included NAMPT, IL6, IL1B and NLRP3, which usually switch on when the body is under stress.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
V was joined by his bandmate Jungkook, who talked about a shin injury he has been dealing with during the tour, saying he was "on the verge of developing a stress fracture".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Add to that the stress that comes with being involved in combat operations -- in which your ship is constantly threatened -- and you can see how difficult life becomes for these sailors," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It is essential to stress that this last belief found no support in the fifteenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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"We were able to identify numerous genes and signaling pathways that are temporarily activated during repair. They could serve as starting points in the future for influencing post-disease and -injury regeneration processes," Weber stresses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Dominic Sessa stars alongside Antonio Banderas, Leo Woodall and Emilia Jones in a superb biopic about the renowned chef, years before fame, that stresses the value of discipline and hard work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The solutions, the report stresses, will need to meet people where they are.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
That summer he taught a neighbor how to change the stresses on his garage frame so the door wouldn’t stick.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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A stressed carrier force is a sign that the U.S. doesn’t have sufficient naval assets to cover U.S. interests around the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
But Szczurowski stressed that foreign investors’ and governments’ diversification of their bondholders didn’t necessarily threaten the dollar’s status as a reserve currency.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
And Det Con Steve Pennington from Greater Manchester Police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit stressed e-scooters were not harmless toys and could lead to horrific consequences when used by inexperienced riders.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
People compare microseries to soap operas, but you both have stressed that you want to explore different genres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
After that, the big ones started to fall: large-scale resorts, fly-in luxury cottages, and wilderness getaways for stressed businessmen and their foreign investors.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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Galma also argued that other security agencies should receive similar pay reviews, stressing that "keeping the country safe is a joint effort".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said in June that the 2028 deliveries would happen in April and November of that year, while stressing that the timetable needed to be "respected."
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
He said that he was "acutely conscious" of the churn in the office behind him, stressing that the UK badly needed to regain stability.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But Klingbeil rejected claims Berlin was "looting" the fund, while stressing cuts were necessary to help plug the hole in the budget.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Anyways, I remember I was stressing the whole time I was on the bench waiting to play ’cause everybody else’s dad had on regular gym shorts and high-tops, but not my pop.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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