- present participle of strain.
straining
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In the case of the Microsoft outage, a large number of servers became "unexpectedly unavailable", the company said, which sent added traffic to remaining servers, straining these.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
It points to an industrial economy straining to keep up with demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
“We’re so excited for it to be done, adding to the infrastructure of the community instead of just straining it so much,” Arnaquq-Baril says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
But there’s a catch: That same demand appears to be straining supplies, delaying deliveries and contributing to higher prices, reports MarketWatch’s Jeff Bartash.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
I know my face is pained like a dog straining against a muzzle.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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