under pressure
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Local officials said dozens of lenders, under pressure to increase balance sheets to attract foreign investors, signed up impoverished borrowers with little regard for their ability to repay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
TSMC's shares have surged over the past year as demand for AI chips has accelerated, and Huang described a company under pressure to keep up.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The prices remain under pressure as the supply-demand balance weakens, Baocheng Futures analysts write in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
But the Kospi index lost 5.5% in Friday’s trading, as the artificial-intelligence trade broadly came under pressure, and it’s off another 6.1% early in Monday’s action.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
He had the uncanny ability to be stoically cold under pressure and extremely warm with the people.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
