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Fin Monahan said South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was under severe pressure and very grateful to seven other fire services and the military for help.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Brasher and Cruz kept the pressure on during the second match, pulling ahead early 8-6 and leading by as much as 17-12 before closing out the victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

I made the trip to the USS Abraham Lincoln because I wanted to see how its 4,000-plus service members are doing and thank them for their extraordinary resilience in the face of constant pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

That’s 510,000 barrels a day more than its last monthly prediction in July, as elevated fuel prices are putting further downward pressure on oil use.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

The pressure in my head builds a bit, and I can’t seem to get the questions in front of me to stick to my brain.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Despite the deceleration, the results indicate that the Japanese economy has yet to lose significant momentum, even as the Middle East crisis drives up oil prices and stokes inflationary pressures across import-dependent sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

These costs in the earlier stage of production point to easing inflationary pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Climate change, land use pressures and drought would all have to be reckoned with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Water companies have been given the green light to increase bills for customers by an extra £3.4bn in coming years to meet increased pressures on infrastructure and the environment.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Having started my career as a wire service reporter with United Press International, I have enormous sympathy with wire service reporters and the pressures, both professional and financial, under which they toil.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

In a previous email to management in 2014, Bradnam expressed concern the hospital's diagnostic team was being "pressured" into installing high-value imaging equipment before the building was complete.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Last week, he again pressured Pirro on Truth Social to “re-visit her hastily made decision.”

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

Ariel Atkins cut the deficit to 90-87 after banking in a three-pointer with 22 seconds remaining, but the Mercury made their free throws and pressured the Sparks’ offense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Motorola also said it is experiencing higher memory costs as the AI investment boom pressured memory supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

It wasn’t something he could volunteer for, though she guessed he would have done so eagerly; she had pressured him, or tempted him.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Stronger margins protect airlines in tough times like the current moment, as jet-fuel spikes are pressuring the companies’ bottom lines, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Callum Hiller, defending, said Siddiqi came from a good background and that others had also been "pressuring" him.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sources familiar with the operation but not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. federal agents had been in contact with Guzmán López, and were pressuring him to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

That arrangement ran afoul of the NFL’s governance rules—and the league had been pressuring Jody Allen to follow through with a sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

I think of all the bossy moments and the perfect ponytail moments and the pressuring moments and what she made me do to Jeff Garnet.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King