stressor
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The next potential stressor lies in U.S. economic data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
If future studies confirm the connection, the researchers say it could offer clues about why some patients remain chronically ill even after the initial infection, stressor, or other trigger is no longer present.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
This means someone could go through much of life with flexible joints, but an "external environmental stressor" could come along, worsening everything.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Classroom technology use has been a stressor for India Brookover of Granada Hills, whose daughter will be entering transitional kindergarten, or TK, next year and whose screen time in preschool has been near zero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Nearly half of adults cited the cost of housing as a major stressor, according to a summer survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
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