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pressed

adjective as in rushed

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The youngsters pressed the button to detonate the explosives, with the site being cleared for new homes.

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The executives were also pressed on their lack of support for consultants who were trying to make their suspicions known - and accepted they hadn't been given protection as NHS whistleblowers.

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While voting for the study, Supervisor Janice Hahn expressed her own reservations and pressed the county’s chief executive to provide pros and cons in the report back and not treat it like a “done deal.”

The news came as Israel pressed ahead with its operations across Gaza on Saturday.

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The prime minister has insisted it "makes sense" to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners, as he was pressed on the change in a series of BBC local radio interviews in Downing Street.

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

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