strained

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These statements strained her public reputation and complicated how she was remembered in her home country and abroad.

From Salon

Debt levels soared, and international trade relationships were increasingly strained.

From Barron's

The vote is the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with some observers saying they are at their lowest since Algeria gained independence 63 years ago.

From BBC

A strained economy, the growing number of people on weight-loss drugs and changes to government food-assistance programs are some of the looming challenges for food producers in the new year.

From MarketWatch

Nuclear control had been built over decades around a Moscow-Washington axis, but China's growing power and rapid technological advances have shifted the international playing field, which is simultaneously increasingly strained.

From Barron's