breaking point

World number 19 Daria Kasatkina says she is at "breaking point" and has ended her season early, describing the schedule as "too much, mentally and emotionally".

In its 2025 “Elevating Voices” report, many respondents said their circumstances had barely changed since 2022 — high costs still stretched household budgets to the breaking point.

Hospital services are at the breaking point, mental health clinics have been shuttered, and AIDS-related services cannot keep up with need.

The union said members would now be balloting for industrial action as a response to cuts, saying staff were at "breaking point".

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization said that Israel's offensive in Gaza had stretched the territory's health system "beyond breaking point".