under pressure

Example Sentences

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Europe, where governments have toughened their policies under pressure from the far right, "cannot claim to uphold human dignity while growing accustomed to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic becoming unmarked graves", he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

AI companies are under pressure to police bad actors using their platforms amid a wave of other scams and harmful chatbot interactions affecting young users.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Researchers discovered that packed rice grains behave in an unusual way under pressure.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

But “60 Minutes” is under pressure to get a new team in place as newcomers will have little time to learn the program’s formula that gives it the comforting consistency its viewers seek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

I saw that what had been taken for our emotional strength was our negative confusions, our flights, our fears, our frenzy under pressure.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright