stress
Example Sentences
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Already, stress is beginning to show in refined products, with jet fuel prices soaring.
From Barron's
For farmers, higher fertilizer prices add to the stress felt in their budget from onerous input costs, needing higher commodity prices to make farming profitable.
It was said people with the condition were "at risk of sudden death at any time" and that was particularly true in times of illness or stress.
From BBC
Because of this, the authors stress that any possible long-term cancer benefit must be carefully weighed against the immediate and well-established bleeding risk.
From Science Daily
"If global ecosystems continue to warm unabated, expected future temperatures will lead to critical heat stress for up to half of the insect species there," so the JMU biologist.
From Science Daily
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