pressure

Example Sentences

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He doesn’t have much wiggle room on gas prices, so he focuses on keeping breakfast and lunch affordable and “providing value” for customers under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Because error rates now carry financial penalties, states are under pressure to invest in staffing, technology and oversight — costly upgrades that many can’t afford, but are necessary to avoid even larger future liabilities.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

One issue for patients with the disease is that they struggle to maintain healthy blood pressure and blood sugar.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The tumultuous developments are keeping Asian currencies under pressure while "reinforcing a bias toward USD strength", Chan wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

With all of them in one place, I start to feel it—a warm pressure, rolling over me like heat— the sunsum of Asase’s Shards.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer