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“It will not require any exertion, I promise. But if you could imagine that it were spring right now...”

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The older woman’s cheeks were already pink from exertion, but her proud blush shone through nevertheless.

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Chronic fatigue syndrome leaves many people completely drained of energy and struggling to think clearly, and their symptoms often worsen after mental or physical exertion -- a reaction known as post-exertional malaise.

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His reservations have been borne out by the council’s unrelenting anti-Israel exertions.

But Celtic faded badly in the second period after their midweek European exertions as Hearts filled the home crowd with belief that the Old Firm stranglehold can be broken.

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