strain
Example Sentences
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But time travel is an imperfect science, and the technician overseeing the process is delirious from a virulent new strain of flu, so Kivrin is accidentally dropped into 1348, the year of the Black Death.
Relations between the two men were initially strained, after Jackson criticised Obama for "talking down to black people".
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Kramer said the strain on independent businesses could have a knock on for tourism on the island.
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Director Helen Miller said: "Cuts to some taxes or increases in spending on priority items are feasible but will require tough choices elsewhere in a Scottish budget which will already be under some strain."
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Our route through quiet corridors reveals the hidden strains of this war: just one newborn gurgling in a cot, and one woman in labour.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
