pressuring

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How much of this campaign is about pressuring tech platforms?

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would be met with a swift and significant punishment.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“Tower continues to add customers and improve portfolio risk quality, but a challenging economic backdrop, the ongoing roll-through of risk-based pricing, and elevated competition are pressuring premium growth,” analyst James Lindsay says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The oil price surge lifted energy and other costs such as transportation of goods, pressuring gross profit margins for many companies.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Soon everyone at the table was pressuring Claire to eat something.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs