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pressure

[presh-er] / ˈprɛʃ ər /




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"Just putting pressure won't work," he tells us.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

At the time, the streamer was under pressure by investors to diversify its content to attract more customers, after experiencing two quarters of subscriber losses in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

A British government report released last month predicts “major sources of pressure on public finances over the next 50 years” as social spending consumes an ever-growing share of GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Firefighters across Europe have been facing intense pressure and a strain on resources as serious wildfires continue to rage across the continent, fuelled by extreme heatwaves.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

It feels like someone is trying to inflate you, but there’s nowhere for the air or pressure or whatever it is to go.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

That hurdle might seem like a low bar to investors who are very worried about oil, fiscal deficits, artificial intelligence, or lots of other price pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

There’s little indication that purchase-price pressures will relent soon.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Climate change, land use pressures and drought would all have to be reckoned with.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Water companies have been given the green light to increase bills for customers by an extra £3.4bn in coming years to meet increased pressures on infrastructure and the environment.

From BBC Aug. 13, 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

The group is calling for more funding for palliative care so "no one feels pressured to end their lives simply because they are not receiving the medical help they deserve".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Last week, he again pressured Pirro on Truth Social to “re-visit her hastily made decision.”

From Slate Aug. 13, 2026

Ariel Atkins cut the deficit to 90-87 after banking in a three-pointer with 22 seconds remaining, but the Mercury made their free throws and pressured the Sparks’ offense.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Motorola also said it is experiencing higher memory costs as the AI investment boom pressured memory supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation, but it often makes us feel alienated, depressed and pressured.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The AI-debt supply has been pressuring Treasury yields higher too.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

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

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

Now my mom is pressuring me to be like her.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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