pressing
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Even before the sharp move, investors were concerned about the number of banks in second-quarter reports calling out a squeeze between depositors pressing for higher rates alongside a shift by borrowers to lower-yielding loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"I don't think this will lead to any changes on the front lines," he told reporters, adding that Moscow intends to continue pressing on with its almost four-and-a-half-year offensive.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Place a small oven-safe 3-ounce ramekin in the center of each rectangle, pressing down lightly to create a well.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Most older readers know this territory; younger ones have other, more pressing concerns, including how to afford life in the here-and-now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Mari was mixing something in a bowl, and Hannah was pressing, with all her seven-year-old might, on an orange in a manual juicer.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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More important, she had recorded exclusively for the early Paramount label, notorious for its poor recording quality and worse shellac pressings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The first two pressings sold out in just five days via pre-order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
When Swift drops an album, there are upward of five different vinyl pressings, all in their own color variant, with edition-specific bonus tracks and other exclusives—and all costing $30-plus each.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024
The first impression copy is one of only 1,500 original pressings of the fantasy novel - that went on to spawn Tolkien's universe of Middle-Earth .
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
About the pressings he'd made since he was little, and the cuttings he collected.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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