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But the former linebacker has kept the broad shoulders and barrel chest of his pro football days, a bulk that might help the Dallas congressman bear the weight now pressing down on him.

"The test for us as a country starts right now," Maddow said elsewhere, pressing down on the "what's next?" of it all.

She pressed down on the handle to compress the chamber, which pumped air into the kiln.

Before I could say anything, I felt a big hand press down on my shoulder.

He also said that divers were dispatched on Wednesday to survey the ship from underwater and to prepare to separate it from the tangle of metal pressing down on the ship’s bow.