pressure

Example Sentences

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Chesney doesn’t want to wait until the season starts to see if his players crack under pressure.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Arsenal travelled to Sporting after back-to-back losses for the first time this season - and the pressure and noise about Mikel Arteta's side being "nearly men" was loud before the game in Lisbon.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

One of Simpson’s worries relates to the industrywide shortage of dynamic random-access memory chips, which he said could pressure Arm’s royalty business.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

It holds no strategic petroleum reserve, operates no domestic refinery, and has no bilateral arrangement with any major energy producer it can activate under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

I pick up my phone to text him there’s no pressure, but then I look up again and there he is.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison