pressures

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Instead, they describe it as a realistic assessment of the growing pressures shaping humanity's future.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

She said worsening economic pressures were trapping many people in debt they had little realistic prospect of escaping.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The economy has returned to growth, yet concerns have risen about inflationary pressures spurred by the spike in oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

However, pressures on the current Family Court system mean that test results can be presented at a hearing without independent expert witness interpretation.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

They know that the pressures at the center of the Earth are sufficiently high–something over three million times those found at the surface–to turn any rock there solid.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson