pressures
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However, the brokerage cuts its 2026 and 2027 net-profit forecasts for the company by 13.4% and 24.9%, respectively, to mostly reflect higher cost pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Burnham "promised a ten-year plan of national renewal", pledged "defence spending will rise" and "insisted he would help people fight cost of living pressures".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Those secular pressures explain why the administration’s efforts to bring down rates have failed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
But the underlying pressures will only be removed with the resolution of the Persian Gulf conflict that is driving oil prices higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Perhaps, the pressures of everyday stress and strain had gotten her down.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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