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But businesses can absorb only so much pressure on margins as energy and other input costs keep rising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The church is under pressure to strip Saunders of his remaining title and ministry powers, a decision the Archbishop said would be determined by Rome.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The airline’s reliance on a fleet of only Boeing 737s also put it under pressure when regulators worldwide grounded the 737 MAX in the wake of two crashes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Adding to the logistical pressure, a landslip in June closed off part of the track to the tiny village at the top of the island about 400ft above sea level.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In an echo of the events at unit 1, pressure in the unit 3 reactor began to climb as operators tried to open a safety release valve and vent steam.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Many firms have started passing on those costs to consumers, broadening inflationary pressures for which there is no easy fix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The BBC as a whole will cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs - almost one in 10 - in an attempt to save £500m over two years as it faces "significant financial pressures".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Zircon crystals can also preserve microscopic structures created by the intense pressures generated during an impact.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The idea that hot tech stocks are immune to the pressures of rising interest rates helped make the tech sector the only gainer in the S&P 500 last month.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

I was pounded between crushing electrical pressures; pumped between live electrodes like an accordion between a player's hands.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

The company has said it stands by its ratings — two former employees are suing it as they said they were pressured into inflating ratings to attract business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rising U.S. bond yields have pressured the precious metals’ prices, which Menke says is due to the real-yield component.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The former staff member told BBC News he was pressured replace labels on prepared food if it was not sold at the end of the day and said he regularly saw rats at the venue.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

A strengthening dollar pressured gold futures, which fell $150.80, or 3.5%, to $4135.40 a troy ounce for their biggest single-day decline since June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The closure of a critical Saudi pipeline is pressuring supply, sending prices higher and stoking inflation fears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In 2021, it enacted a so-called news media bargaining code aimed at pressuring Meta and Google into commercial deals with publishers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The margin that oil refiners demand for producing gasoline, heating oil and diesel has been rising to historic highs, pressuring for one prices of petroleum products used by U.S. consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

"Leaving today, I'm quite clear what I need to do in the next few weeks," he said following his official visit to Ukraine on Monday, during which he promised to continue pressuring Russia.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

My parents started pressuring me to tell Mrs. Galley about the Dream, which I just didn’t want to do.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick