duress
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Under duress, the trees would drop all their fruit on the ground prematurely.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Filled with my furniture, with paintings and posters leaning against its corrugated metal walls, it looked like the house in microcosm, as if I had moved, under duress, to a shipping container.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Like any group that’s survived a civil war, those who left Cuba under duress and those who stayed are locked into a vicious cycle of spite that consumes our communities.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Haggis has its defenders, but it is not, for most Americans, a food you crave under emotional duress.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
And, adding to that, Greenfield’s family was under duress: His dad, a graphic designer, and his mom, an art teacher and art therapist, were on the rocks.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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