Example Sentences

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And some were stressing the positive after the lowest core inflation reading since early 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

We were stressing in line cause we thought we weren’t going to get in...

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

The W.H.O. warned on Wednesday that it was not just patients that were stressing the system, but health care workers falling ill and needing to isolate.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021

“That sense of urgency feels overwhelming. People were stressing out. I was thinking, ‘Oh, my God, what am I going to do with all these hungry people?’

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2020

Coates said those and other costs were stressing the operating budget.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2018