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Even if the U.S. pulls out, the U.K. and Australia could still press on with building a new class of submarine for themselves.

"What matters now is to press on and implement this," he told reporters.

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A girl had a clothes iron pressed on her face.

But Downing Street is determined to press on, claiming it will curb the ability of migrants to work illegally.

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When pressed on potential scandals that the president has taken great pains to publicly avoid, they almost universally turn to one tactic: ignore and attack the questioner.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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