under stress
Example Sentences
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"Those 5,000 people comprise a community. Not just men and women under stress. It's a community under stress."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
These included NAMPT, IL6, IL1B and NLRP3, which usually switch on when the body is under stress.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“From interviews with his close friends, police also learned that he had been under stress over his studies and had complained about it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Downward revisions to consumer spending in the first quarter, alongside a slowdown in April, "point to a consumer coming under stress," he added.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
We could, under stress, brave there the period from November to June; and it was to be under stress not to know what else to do.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
