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fatigue

[fuh-teeg] / fəˈtig /




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Data-center wars, workplace AI fatigue, legal reckoning for social media…oh, and Big Brother is watching you.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Vivienne and I both experience joint pain, fatigue, and digestive issues.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Everyone has AI fatigue, and it is too hard to say who wins, who loses and who might blow up.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

SOSO, or Singles Only Social Club, was born out of a growing desire among young professionals for in-person connections following the pandemic and years of dating app fatigue.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

There was a subtle evidence of fatigue, and strain, in the slope of his shoulders which I, a veteran of many sleepless nights, recognized immediately.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Some people waiting in food lines say they miss the leadership of a man who bestrode the island in his trademark green military fatigues and whose memory still looms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 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

Towards the end of last year, the Kremlin leader was on TV in military fatigues several times, oozing confidence, as he discussed the Ukraine war with his generals.

From BBC May 7, 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

At the United Nations, before an audience of world leaders in dark suits, Fidel Castro strode to the front of the room in green army fatigues.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

It remains to be seen if these strategies will work—some voters will be energized; others will become fatigued by it and lose interest.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

During his barely six months in the post, Fedorov repeatedly clashed with the army's top commander in his efforts to digitise and modernise an army fatigued after four years fighting off the Russian invasion.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Fast food chains have struggled for years to win back consumers fatigued with rising prices and unexciting menus—and then there’s Taco Bell.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Tracy Austin, a semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 1979, added: "Great movement from Coco Gauff. To me she looks just as fit as she was at the start of the match. Muchova looking a little fatigued."

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

If I strained a muscle during practice, for example, or felt fatigued after a long trip competing overseas, I would not hesitate to take time off to give my body and mind a rest.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

There is a relentless, inescapable and, sometimes fatiguing quality to this Swift-Kelce monocultural vortex.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2024

It was fatiguing, but nothing was sacred to the Kerch except trade, so she’d gone out of her way to make the risk much higher than the reward when it came to disrespecting her.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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