press on
Example Sentences
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Without "sufficient progress", she warned willing EU states would press on alone.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
She had managed to press on to the semis only three times before, and never in Australia.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
“I didn’t know whether to press on the brakes or not,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
The same thing happened when assembly lines reshaped manufacturing, when robotics entered the factory floor, when computers displaced typewriters, and when the internet placed a printing press on every desk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
I press on it with the toe of my shoe until it breaks like glass, making a star of thin lines.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
