under stress
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A handful of startups are using gene editing and sensors to do just that, programming plants to “tell” farmers when they are under stress before visible symptoms appear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The law lays out a series of parameters that need to be met for an area to be defined as under stress, such as the ratio between house prices and incomes there.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
“From interviews with his close friends, police also learned that he had been under stress over his studies and had complained about it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"By running the earthquake history of Southern California as a simulation, we can estimate the extent to which the fault system is already under stress today."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
This one"—he looked again at the round, characteristic handwriting, the simple phrases—"this one—did not make up her mind to write such a letter, excepting under stress of circumstances, I am sure of that.
From Christina by L. G. Moberly
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