as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
workers pressing for higher wages and better working conditions
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Fort Worth residents packed a city council public comment meeting Tuesday, demanding that Mayor Mattie Parker apologize for comments directed at nonprofit leader and community activist Patrice Jones.—
Amanda McCoy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Oct. 2025 -
The movie is filled with long takes that owe little to theatrical continuity and instead emphasize the action’s inescapable and demanding physicality.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Roomba's double-sided brush mounts gradually build up a tangle at either end, eventually requiring you to pull the ends off the roller and dig all the hair out.—
Loz Blain
October 14,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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Many lawmakers have called for laws requiring Big Tech to better protect against chatbots promoting unsafe behaviors such as suicide and self-harm on their platforms.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Walmart adopted a similar policy in 2019, requesting that shoppers refrain from openly carrying guns in its stores, after a mass shooting at one of its stores in El Paso left 23 dead.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying two men who robbed an Andy Food Store on Sunday in far south Fort Worth.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Pressing (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressing%20%28for%29. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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