pressure
Example Sentences
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In some cases, it might even have made them worse: raising demand, and therefore prices, for things like housing and adding pressure on social services like healthcare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The piñas must get to a pressure cooker within 24 hours, where the sugars can be extracted.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Chatterjee said the recent pressure relates to “limited summer catalysts” that have been made worse by concerns around delays in the adoption of co-packaged optics.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
“There’s nobody putting more expectation and more pressure on us than ourselves,” captain Tim Ream said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Inside me, the pressure builds, like a soda can I keep shaking and shaking and shaking.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing pressure
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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