pressured

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Pressured to increase retention and job-placement rates, universities boosted grades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Pressured by its key shareholder, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the company said its chairman, Helge Lund, will resign.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

Pressured by rising labor and ingredient costs, many fast-food chains have aggressively raised menu prices to offset the inputs—a move that has pushed many diners away.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Pressured by 9/11 families, it also established an outside commission for a broader probe of the attacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

Pressured atmosphere within the domed city was richer than Tod Denver was used to.

From Master of the Moondog by Mullen, Stanley