pressure
Example Sentences
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That is a team that understand exactly how to manage pressure.
From BBC
The Welsh Liberal Democrats said: "Councils are increasingly being forced to spend huge portions of their budgets on social care" and their plans to reform social care "would take pressure off local authority finances".
From BBC
Sierra Canyon’s pressure defense helped produce 18 turnovers.
From Los Angeles Times
Andreas Rudinger, from the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, said the economic knock-on effects of the war had put policy makers "under pressure to reduce the burden on prices over climate action".
From Barron's
Iranian state media asserted that the women had been pressured to stay in Australia, and would be welcomed if they returned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.