pressures

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She said she did not believe such treatment would happen in the same way today, though noted that social media had created different pressures for public figures.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Over 70% of Toll Brothers’ business serves wealthy buyers less affected by affordability pressures and higher financing costs.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Moderating the price pressures, prices for travel tours were down 11% in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

First, walking upright freed the hands from locomotion, creating new pressures that favored more specialized and asymmetric hand use.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Ernest had bought it on the spur of the moment in 1950 as “a place where he could get away from the telephone and the pressures of his regular work,” Molly recalled.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik