pressures

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While these price pressures continue, demand for eggs remains high due to the popularity of high protein diets.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Higher fuel prices and other inflationary pressures are making most forms of travel more expensive as Memorial Day kicks off the summer season in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

If it continues, it would fuel inflationary pressures.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Crude prices have since retreated to the low-$100s, but even at lower levels they’re creating inflationary pressures that may not dissipate soon.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He had told everyone that his father was the igwe of his hometown, and had sent him to Lagos to live with an uncle until he turned twenty-one, to avoid the pressures of princely life.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie