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[streyn] / streɪn /










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Signs of strain also are showing in India, where the share of micro loans at least 30 days overdue tripled to 6.2% in 12 months to March 2025, the most recent data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Genetic analyses indicate the older infections were linked to a tundra variant, while today's outbreak is associated with a more infectious strain of European origin.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

You could not blame some of the world's top players for feeling the strain of the game.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Then two months before the tournament, he was sidelined because of a hamstring strain that wouldn’t heal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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




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