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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 pressuring
Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Recently, the ex has been pressuring her to move back in with him.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recently, Maron’s ex has been pressuring her to move back in with him.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Elon Musk is pressuring suppliers to speed up his plans for a $25 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Texas.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The vast No Kings demonstrations should be considered a prelude to targeting enough Republican Senate incumbents and open races to flip the Senate this fall, and pressuring Republicans up for reelection in 2028 to do their constitutional duty.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
That score was particularly important, as the Jets had been spending shift after shift pressuring in the Flyers’ zone for much of the period.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Make space for your child’s feelings without pressuring them to open up.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 11 Apr. 2026
Advocates on Tuesday discussed a way forward amid their letdown, including pressuring state legislators to increase school funding and teacher pay.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Democrats pressuring for 25th Amendment Democrats and their allies have already begun to pounce on these recent events.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Recently, the ex has been pressuring her to move back in with him.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recently, Maron’s ex has been pressuring her to move back in with him.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Elon Musk is pressuring suppliers to speed up his plans for a $25 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Texas.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The vast No Kings demonstrations should be considered a prelude to targeting enough Republican Senate incumbents and open races to flip the Senate this fall, and pressuring Republicans up for reelection in 2028 to do their constitutional duty.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
That score was particularly important, as the Jets had been spending shift after shift pressuring in the Flyers’ zone for much of the period.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Make space for your child’s feelings without pressuring them to open up.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 11 Apr. 2026
Advocates on Tuesday discussed a way forward amid their letdown, including pressuring state legislators to increase school funding and teacher pay.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressuring
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That arrangement is unusual, said Craig Holman, an expert on ethics, lobbying and campaign finance rules at the nonprofit, Public Citizen.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2026
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And the same right-leaning lobbying group, the Foundation for Government Accountability, testified in favor of these measures in Arizona, Indiana, and Missouri.—
Samantha Liss,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In Grand Prairie in 2020, a natural gas leak ignited under a roadway, resulting in a fireball and forcing nearby evacuations.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Higher oil prices are straining import-dependent economies, while currency volatility is forcing some central banks to intervene more actively in foreign exchange markets, said market watchers.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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Knowing how to drive is the prompting.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Recently, her kids, ages 11 and 15, participated in a school walkout in protest of ICE without any prompting from her.—
Adrienne Farr,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Prior to his 2011 conviction, Jeffs was charged and convicted of being an accomplice to rape in September 2007 after coercing a 14-year-old to marry her 19-year-old cousin, though the ruling was later overturned by the Utah Supreme Court over faulty jury instructions, according to CBS News.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Indonesia responded the following day by coercing the UDT and APODETI, among others, into issuing and signing the Balibo Declaration, which proclaimed the integration of East Timor into Indonesia.—
Agathe Demarolle,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Mar. 2026
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Once dismissed as a side hustle or vanity career, social media influencing has rapidly evolved into one of the most lucrative—and measurable—jobs in the modern economy.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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We are faced with a next generation of AI-enabled influencing that is readily undertaken on a massive scale.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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On March 17, the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to Bondi, compelling her to sit for a deposition about the DOJ's handling of the Epstein files on April 14.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Justice Department initially said that its release, made in response to a law passed by Congress compelling the agency to disclose nearly all files related to Epstein, comprised more than 3 million pages.—
Elliott Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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There’s an ever present sense of the air moving, seen in the grass swaying and the smoke drifting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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While Kesteloo is used to traveling at sea, the rocking and swaying of the boat might affect you differently.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The unions argue that carrying out permanent layoffs during a funding lapse violates the Antideficiency Act, which bars agencies from obligating funds without congressional authorization, and exceeds executive authority under the Administrative Procedure Act.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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This document, signed by a sponsor, is a legally enforceable contract obligating the sponsor to support the immigrant and prevent them from relying on public aid.—
Daniel Shoer Roth,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Pressuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressuring. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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