high-pressure
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The immediate cause of the heatwaves has been persistent high-pressure weather systems bringing clear, sunny skies and allowing temperatures to build, according to the Met Office.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
All told, swapping out a normal ramp-up spring training period for high-pressure baseball kept him away from the Mariners for three weeks during the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"No one saw anything. The only alert we received was for a high-pressure tank," one said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
This year in late May and late June, high-pressure systems parked themselves over Europe, allowing air temperatures to build.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
That April he was taken off high-pressure code breaking and discharged from active duty in the Army.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
As a result, LNG terminals have largely relied on the Haynesville Shale, a deep, high-pressured rock formation that spans East Texas and Louisiana, for their fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
The method generates carbon-free power by injecting a flow of cold, high-pressured water into rock, where it is heated up and then travels through pipes back above ground.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2023
Whoever is the race director going forward, they will need a better system around them to ease the load of one of the most high-pressured jobs in sport.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2022
Lavin added that Johnson brought an authentic lightheartedness to a high-pressured environment where winning was expected.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
Oil is forced under pressure to all bearings by means of high-pressured duplex-geared pumps.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
He scorns the usual props: high-pressuring, dancing attendance on people, buttering his employers.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a flop, veterans like Maney don't try pleading or high-pressuring.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it makes with the feet, Beat the Band is enjoyable, but the general effect of the show is one of high-pressuring rather than high spirits.
From Time Magazine Archive
This year, while William Reynolds' bay filly Mary Reynolds was winning several preliminary races on the Grand Circuit, a publicity agent was high-pressuring newspaper interest in trotting racing.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a big victory for U.S. aircraft makers over the British, who have been high-pressuring Lufthansa to buy Comet III jets.
From Time Magazine Archive
