We exchanged a few pleasantries, but there was a bit of a strain in his voice.
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The Nottinghamshire seamer suffered a hamstring strain in the final one-day international on Saturday.
Trade relations between the US and China have been under strain in recent years.
Perhaps worst of all, the financial strain in the euro zone is increasingly apparent in the real economy.
The all-rounder sustained a muscle strain in his hip in the drawn third Test at St John's last week.
Dundee failed to take their chances in a first half which saw the Pittodrie side under considerable strain in defence.
It was later revealed she had muscle strain in her legs which would put her out of action -- until now.
On Friday, dollar borrowing costs increased and crossed a new threshold, one warning sign of strain in the global financial system.
"I've not had a side strain in this manner before, " he added.
Akinfenwa limped off with a hamstring strain in the match against Accrington.
But parts of the countryside are feeling the strain in other ways.
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Malisse suffered a muscle strain in his left leg and withdrew from the event as a precaution ahead of next week's Australian Open.
The significant and continuous tension between self-interest and ideals has been a constant, predominant strain in American foreign policy for over 200 years.
But Chuter has suffered a mild knee ligament strain in training, and will not be fit to play for Leicester against Sale on Friday.
Davies suffered his hamstring strain in that win in which his kick led to wing Williams winning the race for the wing's second try.
"His serve was very good, " said Nadal, who withdrew from the men's doubles alongside Marc Lopez because of a hamstring strain in his right leg.
The 30-year-old sustained a muscle strain in his right hip in the drawn third Test at St John's and returned to England for further treatment.
In a small, soon-to-be published study, French researchers found the vaccine seemed to lower the risk of severe disease from the new strain in infants.
The men, aged 27 and 87, both fell ill with the H7N9 strain in February and died some weeks later in March, Xinhua news agency reported.
Kanoute is struggling to recover from a ligament strain in his right knee acquired in Mali's 0-0 draw with Benin in Porto Novo on 3 June.
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Mr Creg said that they were not opposed to people having the foreign strain in their gardens, but not when they were near a native woodland.
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While the new virus strain in the recent outbreak has affected humans, Canadian officials said it has shown up at a pig farm in Alberta, Canada.
Now, that zombie software is becoming more infectious and sophisticated: One strain in particular, the so-called "Storm worm, " has enslaved between 15 and 50 million PCs, by security researchers' estimates.
The all-rounder, who picked up the strain in the nets, only managed 11 runs batting at number six and will be replaced by Stuart Broad for the rest of the match.
As most of us spend more time using tablet devices such as an ipad or laptop computers, the risk for developing neck pain and muscle strain in the upper shoulders increases.
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Flintoff also suffered a left-side strain in the opening week of the tour, prompting the selectors to call up all-rounder Ravi Bopara from the England Lions' tour of New Zealand as cover.
Worries that an outbreak of a new bird-flu strain in China will stifle domestic air-travel demand sent shares of the nation's airlines falling sharply Friday, triggering a broader selloff in airline and travel stocks world-wide.
Coronaviruses have apparently jumped species before: Dr. Konstantin "Gus" Kousoulas, a professor at Louisiana State University who studies coronaviruses in cattle, published a paper back in 1993 describing a bovine-like coronavirus strain in a child in Germany.
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