social pressure
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He stayed true to his convictions and did not bow to social pressure or pressure from family members to leave his children a significant amount of money in his will.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
They saw the images and felt the social pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Minsal, a desert-loving, kilt-wearing muralist of Mexican-Scottish descent, painted a layered picture of social pressure and government neglect that have turned his childhood paradise into what he calls an ecological disaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"And you can certainly say that there was a kind of social pressure -- but nobody was forced to join the party."
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
In a 2005 poll by The New York Times, fully 81 percent of Americans said they had felt social pressure to buy high-priced goods.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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