strain
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A range of policy levers could help stabilize a labor market under mounting strain, particularly those that reinforce a meaningful wage floor and limit further downward pressure on earnings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Infectious disease outbreaks drive up hospitalizations, increase the risk of long-term complications, strain health care systems and cost taxpayers.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
Dr Rebecca Clark, the trial's national co-ordinating investigator, based at Layton Medical Centre, Blackpool, said the strain was "evolving and spreading across animal species".
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The $30 trillion Treasury market is showing signs of strain, with soft demand at recent auctions pushing yields higher.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
“Think of the strain it had been standing all the time, and holding on to the last, as if it knew what it meant to us,” Shackleton remarked later.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing strain
Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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