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[stres] / strɛs /






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"This year will be a real stress test of the measures that were put in place after 2015," said Shi Jun Wee, a University of Maryland graduate student.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

During their first shore leave after nine months at sea, the sailors spoke about long stretches when they couldn’t speak with family at home and the stress of not knowing when the deployment would end.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Many advocates and researchers believe recess helps relieve the stress young people face while also fostering learning, creativity, resilience, leadership, and conflict-resolution skills.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Elissa says she has gone to hospital several times with chest pains that medics have attributed to "stress".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Instrumental jazz buzzed in my ear, sending my current stress level to a 6.9.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Zuckerberg’s screed stresses the need to “build trust and alignment with communities across the country” to better “accelerate the ability to build infrastructure.”

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

The widow of a farmer who died after he fell into a slurry pit has spoken about the stresses facing workers after a rise in deaths.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The labour ministry stresses that it will keep tabs on companies to ensure they take measures to protect the wellbeing of employees.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

McHale’s actual wedding was earlier this month in Newport, Rhode Island—the same week my fiancé and I were there trying to escape our own wedding-planning stresses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

In addition, they said that society depended on women maintaining the domestic sphere—the home—which provided a refuge from the stresses of the outside world.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Everyone said they had felt stressed and desperate.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The university stressed that it has policies regarding the engagement of “outside entities who interact with ASU student-athletes” and heat-illness guidelines for outdoor workouts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

She stressed, however, the importance of distinguishing between literary criticism and what often passes for such on social media but which, in her view, amounts to "advertising."

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Bates stressed that “you build culture at that moment of change, and so it was very surgical and prescriptive.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

I could tell she was totally stressed out about it.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

“Other plants are still significantly cheaper,” he said, while stressing that closing a plant was “always the last and most expensive solution.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Pond maintenance expert Daniel Lloyd recently said the situation had worsened, stressing the States "needs to think hard about what they need to do" and "act quickly".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Yet in September, corporate borrowers already stressing the market with a huge supply of new bonds to finance the artificial-intelligence build-out are expected to kick things up a notch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Cunningham called Keaton’s behavior “truly embarrassing” while also attempting to distance herself from her previous anti-trans comments, stressing that trans women, trans men and everyone else are welcome “at her table.”

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

“How long have you been stressing about this?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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