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fatigue

[fuh-teeg] / fΙ™Λˆtig /




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In April, Blair said she remained in remission but continued to experience fatigue and other lasting symptoms.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

"I can't describe how different it felt and it was a real shock to me to understand this is how normal people function, and not to accommodate pain and fatigue into everyday life."

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

While a dozen different cellphone plans could create choice fatigue for a human shopper, an AI agent can easily compare different options and provide a recommendation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Manganiello detailed debilitating abdominal pain, fevers, rashes, headaches, fatigue and ulcers in his digestive tract that caused bleeding and led to countless colonoscopies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sitting for the first time in hours, she felt her own fatigue gathering behind her eyes.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Meeting in Ankara with Sharaa, who has traded his guerrilla fatigues for a suit, Trump said, "He's doing an unbelievable job in unifying Syria. What a job he's doing."

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Unlike he so often did in the months leading up to the US military intervention, Cabello was not wearing military fatigues.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Dunne died aged 99 in 2019, but Haywood waited patiently this week to present Harry a photo of her mother alongside him, in his army fatigues.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Dressed in olive green fatigues, Raúl Castro stood next to Díaz-Canel and a line of aged Cuban officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Peering through the hole, I could see several bearded men wearing fatigues.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

My grip strength, which is viewed as a marker of overall health, also didn’t correlate, and the clinician started a thoughtful conversation: Was I fatigued?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

By the end of a set, your muscles should feel tense and fatigued.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Shortly after its release, it went viral on Instagram reels and TikTok as creators used the song in a trend where they’d act fatigued before bursting into motion on beat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

In practice, that might mean having painkillers ready before your period, taking a rest day when symptoms are worse, or easing off a workout if you feel unusually fatigued.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The fever of insomnia fatigued him so much that one dawn he could not recognize the old man with white hair and uncertain gestures who came into his bedroom.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

To compensate, he encourages in-person discussions; failing that, video beats text, even if video meetings are fatiguing and can blunt creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

Using this type of control, the researchers found that muscles could be stimulated for more than an hour before fatiguing, while muscles became fatigued after only 15 minutes using FES stimulation.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

Her bones are so weak that her back muscles have to work harder to keep her upright, making gigs a fatiguing endurance test.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024

Journeying to play against MLS rivals, on the other hand, would add to what is already one of the most arduous and fatiguing travel schedules of any first-division league in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

On the one hand, Koffi was grateful for the respite; the splendor had a distinctly fatiguing effect after a while.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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