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stress

[stres] / strɛs /






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REDs can cause bone stress injuries, disrupted sleep, fatigue and low mood.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

If such an approach eventually proves successful in humans, it could provide a way to improve sleep and potentially reduce some of the additional stress that poor sleep places on the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Startups are using gene editing and sensors to make plants emit optical signals or change colors when they are under stress from pests or disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Spreads belonging to some of the riskiest corporate bonds have surged, while spreads for other, less-risky cohorts of the corporate credit market haven’t seen nearly as much stress.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

So let me stress that my views on this question coincide with those of many of the sharpest critics of the idea of progress.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Ansari stresses that, as with any supplement, creatine should be complementary to diet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The United Steelworkers union said that although it recognizes the stresses on Canada’s steel industry, difficult market conditions can’t automatically erase commitments that were central to the approval of a major foreign acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

What comes after “wine moms”: When Susannah Bradley was raising her young children, wine was many mom’s vice of choice to help them cope with the stresses of parenting.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

He stresses: "No one should get their health advice from Instagram - far safer to use the NHS website, or consult your GP."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The wood began to shift, the stresses of metal and earth twisting in her hands.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

The researchers stressed that their findings do not call into question the quality of the NHC's weather predictions, which they consider highly accurate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Foma stressed that the GUR suggests the targets to be surveilled, but that he and his team check for themselves that these individuals should be considered military criminals.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“We were really stressed at that point and to head that off, we started restricting the major,” Atul Prakash, chair of computer science and engineering at Michigan, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The people I’ve talked to at Netflix stressed this is not AI-related.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Stammerers're usually too stressed to feel sorry for themselves, but a few drops of self-pity fell on me.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Tesla is also stressing its margins through massive spending on A.I., so the company doesn’t look like the EV juggernaut it once was.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Guardian awarded the film five stars, external, calling it "a modern masterpiece of deceit", stressing how "TV's grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Officials at the World Petroleum Congress on Monday echoed his message, with many stressing that disrupting Saudi energy supplies would have consequences beyond its borders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He instructed the Defense Department to stop looking for perfection in its tech, and buy off-the-shelf products that are good enough, stressing the urgency of modernizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Hanson also preceded Kuhn in stressing the importance of gestalt psychology and in laying emphasis on the philosophy of Wittgenstein.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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