pressing
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Not a possession team, not a pressing team, not a counter-attacking team, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Wednesday’s presentations added more voices from inside UC leadership to a debate that so far has been led by math and science faculty pressing for the exams’ return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s an object lesson that fits a broader pattern: For more than a decade now, one man’s flights of fancy have inevitably become the country’s pressing concerns.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Whether he’s pressing interviewers about their glibness or just holding eye contact for an inordinate amount of time, Cruise — the last movie star, as he’s been coined — is the definition of passion.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
I could practically see the tears pressing against the backs of the girl’s eyeballs, and before I could think better of it, I found myself putting a companionable arm around her shoulders and squeezing.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
The first two pressings sold out in just five days via pre-order.
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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