pressing

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“With a bipartisan, five-year reauthorization signed into law, small businesses are once again empowered to create these innovative technologies and tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges head-on,” Markey said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"I had this feeling like a heavy metal grate pressing down on my face.. I was telling myself to get up, but I couldn't get up."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Tribal governments supported these challenges while advancing expansive theories of McGirt, pressing into civil jurisdiction and taxation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Islamabad was nonetheless pressing ahead with its preparations for the high-stakes talks, which official sources say will cover several sensitive points, including Iran's nuclear enrichment and the free flow of trade through the strait.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I still thought that I was at fault, I hadn’t been clear enough, that he must not realize he was pressing into my hip bone.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse