pressuring

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How much of this campaign is about pressuring tech platforms?

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would be met with a swift and significant punishment.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

But worries that rising energy prices are fueling inflation remain, pressuring government debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Laura Travnitz, an Altadena resident who lost her home in the fire, recalled an Army Corps contractor pressuring her to remove more than a dozen fire-impacted trees on her lot.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Soon everyone at the table was pressuring Claire to eat something.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs