pressure
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At each location, the team identified shocked quartz -- grains of sand that have been physically altered by extreme heat and pressure.
From Science Daily
As temperatures and pressures rise, water trapped in minerals is released.
From Science Daily
It also “reflected resilient global economy and export demand, some front-loading ahead of reciprocal tariff pressures and also broad-based gains across key sectors,” the chief economist adds.
Their activism lobbying the U.S. government to heighten pressure on the countries they fled can influence foreign policy in the host nation.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Thursday he was open to talks with the US on drug trafficking and oil, after weeks of an escalating pressure campaign against his government.
From BBC
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