pressures

Example Sentences

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Still, economists caution that intervention can only smooth volatility, not reverse underlying pressures.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

That same year, Russia's Manizha performed a song about the pressures faced by women and women's emancipation, which stirred controversy in her home country.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Impact South America depends heavily on imported refined products, and higher fuel prices are creating fiscal and political pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Patricia Czapka, a St Helier Central resident, said the cost-of-living pressures meant she was considering moving to the UK, particularly because of the cost of housing.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan