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Bass’ office barred the media from covering the panels, but Paris officials and others were trying to impress upon employees the level of urgency planning must take.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the US hoped "all parties that have a relationship with Iran impress upon Iran, the same way we've been impressing upon the government of Israel, that they shouldn't take any steps to escalate the conflict".

We didn’t impress upon him that he needed to make the decision there and then.

Democrats blame Biden’s communication team for most of the trouble the president has encountered in making his case for re-election, yet seem unable to impress upon the president the dire circumstances in which he finds himself.

“We tried to impress upon them that there’s probably not many fans in the building that have a heat pack,” said Finch, whose team has won six straight playoff games, including a sweep of Phoenix in the first round.