under pressure

Example Sentences

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Small ring molecules behave somewhat like bent branches under pressure.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

CPL, the production company behind the hit show which is regularly watched by more than three million people, is also under pressure with many questions still unanswered.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The US leader is himself under pressure, with rising energy costs beginning to bite at home.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

To reach a compromise with member states, parliament is under pressure to renege on several amendments it added to the text in March which the Americans consider unacceptable.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The vicious and easily identifiable demons that had haunted black Americans for three centuries were shape-shifting as segregation began to yield under pressure from social and legal forces.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly