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Example sentences for: strained

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Under this scenario, unified budget deficits emerge again in 2019-just as the Social Security and Medicare programs are being strained by the retiring baby boom generation.
The New York Times suggested Reno's actions would damage an already strained relationship with the FBI.
The less Frieidman has to say of his own, the more he relies on slogans and strained neologisms.
At issue: The administration is debating whether it is worse to give loans to an operation generally thought to be shady, or risk jeopardize already strained relations with the Kremlin.
We are all acutely aware that our civil legal services delivery system is strained to the breaking point.