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
It was also one of the first songs ever recorded, and the tune with which Thomas Edison’s phonograph was introduced to the London press on Aug. 14, 1888.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
The 26-year-old said he had been subject to "endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders".
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, these reporters can’t help but do what they do, so in love with their jobs, they press on, smiling at their own self-immolation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
The gray darkness seemed to press on the window from outside, with promises of bad things to come.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
