pressing
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Inflation worries are pressing authorities in Japan, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Ospreay underwent double-fusion neck surgery to stop his discs pressing into his spinal cord, and is aware he's lucky to have "been given a second chance".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"In the more than two years since, we have been pressing for Israel to swiftly and thoroughly consider the case and hold those responsible to account," the three nations said in a joint statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
She also contends that Bass failed to act with urgency on the city’s most pressing problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Threads of cotton were pressing against my eyes.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
More important, she had recorded exclusively for the early Paramount label, notorious for its poor recording quality and worse shellac pressings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Each of the pressings of 100 copies is made in a different color, which are being stocked in record stores from their native O.C. to London and Japan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
When Swift drops an album, there are upward of five different vinyl pressings, all in their own color variant, with edition-specific bonus tracks and other exclusives—and all costing $30-plus each.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024
The first impression copy is one of only 1,500 original pressings of the fantasy novel - that went on to spawn Tolkien's universe of Middle-Earth .
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
About the pressings he'd made since he was little, and the cuttings he collected.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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