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[stres] / strɛs /






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Recent data bears this out—though it’s not clear why younger people might be having shingles flares, it’s possible that it’s related to high levels of stress.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

People I spoke with lamented a childhood filled with academic stress: cram school tutoring, studying well into the night and China’s make-or-break gaokao university entrance examination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

These defects, called dislocations, allow layers of atoms to shift relative to one another, helping the material absorb stress without breaking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Moreover, nighttime did not bring the usual cooldown, prompting forecasters to warn that the lack of overnight recovery could cause physical stress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

When these guys stress loss the scenario on putting on this position, they did not envision…that we could have this degree of default, right.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"My husband stresses that this is a time for unity, not for looking for people to blame," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Considered alongside an excellent lineup of contemporaries, “You Can See Everything” stresses that the genre isn’t about uncovering truths, but playing with our subjective relationship to them.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Chandrasekaran stresses that it’s just the world he and his wife live in now and that the contributions have less to do with him than they do with Raman’s vision of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"It was this adaptation that made brain development, eventually leading to humans, possible," stresses Martin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

She stresses that this is not a drill, as Peeta Mellark, the District 12 victor, has possibly made a televised reference to an attack on 13 tonight.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Even though she was on her way to becoming a physician herself, and even though she was exhausted and stressed, and stress is a possible agitator for shingles, her doctors didn’t immediately find a diagnosis.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Every time a clinic or hospital closes, the distances nearby residents must travel skyrockets, doctors stressed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

She was getting a bit stressed, so it was probably for the best.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Zelensky said that was fine, but stressed that the military was free to hit refineries again if it chose to, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Hitler stressed the importance of physical training in every kind of sport and gymnastics.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Today, Canada's lobsters are "doing better," Brady told AFP, because while temperature increases in Maine waters are stressing lobster populations, "that's not the case up in Canada."

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

Addressing criticism he has received, Brittin told a staff meeting last week he was attempting to make a point around the "pace of change" while stressing he believed in "human creativity".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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

At intervals, Malcolm X would make a great point of stressing to me, “Now, I don’t want anything in this book to make it sound that I think I’m somebody important.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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