stress
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Cheng noted that for a person who is overweight, losing 10 pounds can reduce the stress placed on the knees by 40 pounds with every step.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
We are here because one spring day in May, Joshua Fox, a 31-year-old Black disabled veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and a checkered past, stood up and stress-tested Eatherly’s business model.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
All point to a sector under operational stress, particularly at the lower end of the market, which attracts entry-level buyers who are more sensitive to rates and monthly payments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
While workarounds have helped keep oil prices from soaring, the stress is showing up in products with Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries adding to the problem, she adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
I was beginning to suspect it had all been in my head, a product of stress and exhaustion.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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"We were able to identify numerous genes and signaling pathways that are temporarily activated during repair. They could serve as starting points in the future for influencing post-disease and -injury regeneration processes," Weber stresses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
At 36, she is still young and will return revived - and with the cachet of having not just won Olympic gold - but dealt with the stresses and strains of that journey.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dominic Sessa stars alongside Antonio Banderas, Leo Woodall and Emilia Jones in a superb biopic about the renowned chef, years before fame, that stresses the value of discipline and hard work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then in Chapter 3 he stresses the importance of the discovery of America: earth and water make one globe in which the centre of gravity and the geometrical centre coincide.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Burnham also stressed it will be up to local leaders including mayors to drive the action before Christmas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Volatility Shares stressed that the new ETFs would not be investing in prediction markets and that index valuations would be based solely on statistical factors derived from gameplay.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Campaigners have repeatedly stressed the importance of protecting the identities of people involved in investigations into sexual abuse and trafficking because of the potential impact on victims' wellbeing and privacy.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
A stressed carrier force is a sign that the U.S. doesn’t have sufficient naval assets to cover U.S. interests around the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They sounded stressed every time they talked on the phone, which was every day.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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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
Boat noise has been shown to affect whales in particular, stressing them out, disrupting their hunting and drowning out their ocean-spanning songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in 2025 aimed at "unleashing" these seabed resources, stressing the demand in everything from renewable energy to military applications.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Back home she’s always rushing around, stressing, working double shifts.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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