as in forced
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
his father pressured him to go out for the swim team
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Recent Examples of pressured
In the suit — which names CBS TV Studios, Matlock EPs Nicki Renna and Jeffrey Lieber as defendants, along with Urman — Lowe says he was pressured to take a dog of the showrunner’s with the implication that his job depended on it.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 June 2026
In that imperative, distinctions between mediums and genres blur as we are pressured to translate our cultural production into that form of direct address.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
Students in Honka's class complained to staff at the school in April 2024 that they were allegedly pressured to kiss during skits that were graded assignments.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Clark had five assists, but turned the ball over six times as Connecticut’s guards, especially Leila Lecan, pressured relentlessly.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
We were never pressured to be involved with the family business.
—Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 14 June 2026
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Montgomery beat his daughter to death, put her remains in bags and disposed of them, and abused his wife and pressured her to lie for him in court.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 12 June 2026
With the state playing a central role in Democrats’ efforts to win control of the Senate, there are active behind-the-scenes discussions over whether he can be pressured to withdraw before the state’s mid-July deadline.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Unlike China, where fierce competition from lower-cost players like Luckin Coffee has pressured Starbucks ′ business, Japan has been a pretty good market for the company.
—Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 June 2026
In that imperative, distinctions between mediums and genres blur as we are pressured to translate our cultural production into that form of direct address.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
Students in Honka's class complained to staff at the school in April 2024 that they were allegedly pressured to kiss during skits that were graded assignments.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Clark had five assists, but turned the ball over six times as Connecticut’s guards, especially Leila Lecan, pressured relentlessly.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
We were never pressured to be involved with the family business.
—Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 14 June 2026
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Montgomery beat his daughter to death, put her remains in bags and disposed of them, and abused his wife and pressured her to lie for him in court.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 12 June 2026
With the state playing a central role in Democrats’ efforts to win control of the Senate, there are active behind-the-scenes discussions over whether he can be pressured to withdraw before the state’s mid-July deadline.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Unlike China, where fierce competition from lower-cost players like Luckin Coffee has pressured Starbucks ′ business, Japan has been a pretty good market for the company.
—Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured
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Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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In 1976, the Bicentennial followed the traumas of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that had forced President Richard Nixon's resignation.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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Iranian state television duly presented the agreement as proof that Iran had compelled America to accept its conditions, which helps explain the alarm in Israel and among Washington's hawks.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
19 June 2026
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In defense of the players, San Francisco Archdiocese spokesman Peter Marlow stated that people of faith should not be compelled to suppress their convictions in public life.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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But the judges said Thursday there was no evidence of torture and that investigators did not appear to have coerced the confessions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Lured by the promise of well-paying jobs, hundreds of thousands of people like them have been coerced into engaging in scams such as posing as women online, cultivating intimate relationships with foreigners to defraud them of their savings.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
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Musicians aren’t obligated to do anything political as part of the job, and plenty of audiences appreciate when artists don’t preach partisan points of view.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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Ziller plans to go to the State Budget Committee on Thursday to ask for a series of payments to which the state is obligated, including $3 million for the Gary blight elimination program.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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The landlord would go back to paying the full amount of their property-tax bill but would no longer be obliged to keep the apartments rent-stabilized — after taking care of a few essential steps along the way.—
Olivia Bensimon,
Curbed,
17 June 2026
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Digital services are also obliged to implement an age verification mechanism that goes beyond self-declaration that the user is over 18 to protect them from accessing inappropriate or prohibited material.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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“Pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressured. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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