pressure

Example Sentences

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"We have worked tirelessly, under sustained pressure, to sustain the organisation in good faith, and we have never wished for the CCA to close," it said.

From BBC

Should the Seahawks follow through and sell imminently, it wouldn’t be the first time that league pressure had forced an owner’s hand.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his second year on the job, he has found himself under perhaps greater pressure than anyone who held the role before him.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eating too much sodium is a leading contributor to hypertension, also known as high blood pressure.

From Science Daily

"Once monogamy was locked in, there was no longer any evolutionary pressure to maintain genes involved in sperm motility."

From Science Daily