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The company said this year's hot weather had meant during peak periods "water has been used faster than it can be treated and moved through parts of the network, placing additional pressure on local supplies".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The good news is that today the enormous influx of new private capital into defense technology is putting competitive pressure on the primes, and the big manufacturers are responding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

And the widening of that spread could have implications beyond the price for a gallon of gas, as some fear it could put pressure on the stock market as well.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

I saw talented teams like South Korea collapse under pressure and my beloved Mexico valiantly fall against an English squad that was taller, faster and just better — for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

With him also came a new gadget for taking blood pressure.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

That could allow broader inflation pressures to gather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Progressive recovered faster than its peers from inflationary pressures, nabbing market share and growing plump on higher premiums, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

He is part of a growing group of blue-collar workers who are being celebrated for their literary works, which offer a glimpse into the pressures that they face in China's massive gig economy.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Burnham has also pledged to make life more affordable amidst the UK's cost-of-living crisis, including by building more social housing, reducing homelessness, and easing financial pressures on small businesses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

President Trump was asked at the time whether his administration had pressured the Romanians to release the brothers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

"The general complaint is they felt pressured to do it as they didn't want to seem like a buzz kill and now have what looks like a bad biro drawing on them," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

According to the New Republic’s Greg Sargent, witnesses to the killing have allegedly been pressured to self-deport before they can testify.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

He called for their release from the detention center, saying he is concerned that they will be pressured into signing documents consenting to their removal from the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

It means, as often as not, that someone actually went up to one of his peers and pressured him.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Sources familiar with the operation but not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. federal agents had been in contact with Guzmán López, and were pressuring him to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Callum Hiller, defending, said Siddiqi came from a good background and that others had also been "pressuring" him.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

In his report last month, Barofsky accused Fain of abusing his office by pressuring Boyer to advocate for a bonus for employees of a training center jointly run by the union and Stellantis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

In both the DR Congo and Cameroon, US lawyer David said the International Organization for Migration is pressuring deportees to sign up for its "voluntary" programme to be sent home.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

In England, foreign secretary Anthony Eden said he “deeply regretted” the news, and then set about pressuring the French not to overreact.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown