French-English translations for étirement

stretch
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This may well become more important in the future as social security systems become very stretched and strained because of government financial restrictions. Cette situation risque de gagner de l'ampleur à l'avenir du fait de l'étirement et de l'épuisement des systèmes de sécurité sociale imposés par les restrictions financières des gouvernements. I stretched the rubber band until it almost brokeThe rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point
stretching