pressure
Example Sentences
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But broad reforms would mean transforming a deeply embedded, command-and-control system that, while faulty, has endured for 67 years, despite unrelenting pressure from Washington.
From Los Angeles Times
Plemons politely declined and the server laughed, saying, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to give you any peer pressure.”
From Los Angeles Times
With worries growing about a possible energy crisis that could hammer the global economy, equity markets remained under pressure.
From Barron's
These included metals such as copper, noble gases under extreme pressure such as argon in crystalline state, and the complex solid-solid phase transition of tin.
From Science Daily
The oil price shock merely reinforces the domestic inflation pressures, said Simon, who led the RBA’s research department for over a decade, departing in 2024.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
