pressured

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Pressured by growing worries about the disruptive potential of new AI coding tools, shares of large software companies such as Salesforce and ServiceNow have been sliding for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Pressured by its key shareholder, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the company said its chairman, Helge Lund, will resign.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

Pressured by rising labor and ingredient costs, many fast-food chains have aggressively raised menu prices to offset the inputs—a move that has pushed many diners away.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Pressured by 9/11 families, it also established an outside commission for a broader probe of the attacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

Pressured atmosphere within the domed city was richer than Tod Denver was used to.

From Master of the Moondog by Mullen, Stanley