stress
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“Oil shocks became dangerous when they collided with macro and financial stress already in place,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
For some, the wrong change can fail to help or even increase stress on the painful part of the knee.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Jackie Stacey, 67, from Caterham, Surrey, said the financial pressure and uncertainty became so severe she collapsed at home from stress weeks before the sale finally completed.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Service providers will face more stress and “outreach teams will become less efficient as clients become more geographically diffuse and harder to find,” it said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
With the skill only an actor could manage under such stress, Booth prepared for a “performance” to talk his way across the bridge.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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