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pressures
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The subpoena effectively pressures the state’s three professional football teams — Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — not to apply the league’s diversity hiring practices for top jobs.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026 -
This then pressures the Federal Reserve to finance the debt through monetary expansion, which causes inflation and drives up interest rates.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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“Weighs (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighs%20%28upon%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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