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under pressure

adverb as in under the gun

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Therefore, some Democrats are under pressure to take policy actions their union allies oppose.

Sharif is under pressure from another party leader, Imran Khan, to resign.

And while Mitchell was appointed to the board, he resigned earlier this year while under pressure over conflicts of interest.

Last April, the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center in St. Petersburg announced its closure under pressure from huge fines.

First, Maliki has a tight grip on power that could hold even under pressure from his two most important allies.

The box B is permanently supplied with air under pressure from the bellows.

In September and October, 1918, the enemy troops finally evacuated the country under pressure of the victorious Allied offensive.

Without loss of time soldiers, some voluntarily and others under pressure from the crowd, started in search of them.

It has fallen to the lot of the writer to fit three vessels recently with boilers worked under pressure in closed stokeholds.

The latest movement was the silo system, the burying of grass under pressure, instead of making it into hay.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under pressure, such as: at gunpoint, at knifepoint, in a hurry, pressured, under duress, and under threat.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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