pressing
Example Sentences
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The mist rolled over Christopher, up over his chest, his head, and he felt a great weight pressing down on him like a hand; a terrible, cold dead weight.
From Literature
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The question is pressing because the 2011 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is the last remaining accord limiting the nuclear competition between the U.S. and Russia.
He said a few years ago he was modeling his strategy after those of Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn, finding undervalued stocks like the former and pressing for change like the latter.
California’s leaders are far from alone in pressing hard for big changes.
From Los Angeles Times
The video of the attack shows Omar pressing to continue the town hall after the event.
From Salon
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