pain threshold
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pain thresholds
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An important pain threshold has been crossed, one currency-market expert warns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
While acknowledging that wars have their own dynamics and emphasizing that his view is low conviction as a consequence, Papic opines that Iran’s pain threshold is lower than markets and commentators imagine.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
The Traitors contestant Elen Wyn has said she was laughed at by a GP and told she had a low pain threshold during her 10-year wait for an endometriosis diagnosis.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
“My pain threshold is very high,” he tells Isaacson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Instead, the agency explained that "everyone's pain threshold is different" and the breast cancer-screening procedure is more often described as "temporary discomfort."
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2023
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