pressure

Example Sentences

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Dean said some customers in the Tunbridge Wells area could have low pressure as the water levels continued to build.

From BBC

The return of cultural artefacts taken from ex-colonies in Africa and elsewhere has become a sensitive issue, with museums, institutions and collectors in Europe and the United States facing pressure to give them back.

From Barron's

SYDNEY—With the Federal Reserve under pressure to cut interest rates more, its counterpart in Australia is facing a different dynamic with implications for global currency and fixed-income markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

He fought the decision successfully in court, but eventually resigned in the face of what he told the BBC was "intolerable" pressure.

From BBC

These future systems could display real-time information such as changes in temperature, blood flow, or pressure.

From Science Daily