leans (on or against)

verb

present tense third-person singular of lean (on or against)
as in bears (down)

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  1. compels
  2. muscles
  3. forces
  4. pressures
Verb
  • The deal compels Facebook and Instagram to adopt new child-safety rules, including daily time caps, school-hour notification bans, stronger age checks and expanded parental controls aimed at harmful content.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Washington also opposed another streaming regulation, known as Bill 109, passed in Quebec last December, which compels streaming platforms to prioritize French-language content.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of compels
Verb
  • Which muscles the farmer’s walk targets The move works nearly the entire body, but leg muscles, the core and shoulder muscles carry most of the load.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • One year later, the XFL muscles its way onto the national sports scene with its first two games.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of muscles
Verb
  • Handwriting is slower than typing, which forces people to summarize and rephrase a teacher or coach’s point in their own words.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The case forces a prime minister to resign Fenech was involved in a consortium that won a controversial contract with the Maltese government to build a power station.
    — Kevin Schembri Orland, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of forces
Verb
  • The scrutiny raised questions about what could happen to his Carvana position if fallout from the investigation pressures him to raise cash.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • When The Park pressures him to turn against Lamb and his colleagues to pin MI5’s failure on Slough House, Struan ultimately caves.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pressures
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“Leans (on or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leans%20%28on%20or%20against%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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