Thesaurus results for WEIGH (UPON)

weigh (upon)

verb

Definition of weigh (upon)

as in to bear (down)

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pressure

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The Lions recorded the third-slowest average time to pressure last season.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The rest of the defense pressured Cal quaterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele into some bad throws, but James still had to focus to complete the picks in a high-pressure game.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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