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stress

[stres] / strɛs /






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In recent years the National Autistic Society have issued guidance aimed at helping people with the condition cope with fireworks season, with suggestions for easing stress and anxiety.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“It was probably the most high-profile stress test ever imagined for a leader. Every decision was under scrutiny,” Yaccarino said of her two-year tenure at the social-media site formerly known as Twitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although the findings reveal a meaningful relationship between gut bacteria and biological aging, researchers stress that the study does not establish cause and effect.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

But it’s sometimes easier to keep them on your side, if only to avoid stress and anxiety later on.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

She felt that he was taking huge risks to help the United States and that the stress of his secret life was beginning to show.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Considered alongside an excellent lineup of contemporaries, “You Can See Everything” stresses that the genre isn’t about uncovering truths, but playing with our subjective relationship to them.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Chandrasekaran stresses that it’s just the world he and his wife live in now and that the contributions have less to do with him than they do with Raman’s vision of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The United Steelworkers union said that although it recognizes the stresses on Canada’s steel industry, difficult market conditions can’t automatically erase commitments that were central to the approval of a major foreign acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It is welcome, he says, that the government is now giving vehicle thefts more attention, but he stresses that current police resources will not meaningfully reduce the number of crimes.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Beginning that Saturday workers would begin hanging cars, thus placing upon the wheel its first serious stresses.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Comma.ai declined to comment on the accident or the government probe, but stressed that its system never obviates the driver’s role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Belyeu stressed the importance of turning out to vote in November.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

He asked whether his research, stored in Codex, could have fed into OpenAI's own work, though he stressed he was "not accusing anyone of anything".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Yet their average credit-card debt is up, and Gen Z-ers are the most financially stressed age group.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Before the demonstrators left St. Joseph’s Church, Fuller and Ruffin stressed the need for discipline.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The Guardian awarded the film five stars, external, calling it "a modern masterpiece of deceit", stressing how "TV's grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tesla is also stressing its margins through massive spending on A.I., so the company doesn’t look like the EV juggernaut it once was.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Officials at the World Petroleum Congress on Monday echoed his message, with many stressing that disrupting Saudi energy supplies would have consequences beyond its borders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"No such decisions have been made at this time," it said, stressing that the health situation in the region was stable.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Honestly, I wished she would stop—it was stressing me out even more.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling


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