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Example sentences for: pressuring

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True, ESPN is one of the most profitable TV networks and in recent months has started pressuring cable systems to increase the fees they pay for the right to carry it.
The 10 kidnap victims--seized on Pablo Escobar's orders, for the purpose of pressuring the government of Colombia not to extradite anyone--are presented as wholly admirable.
In principle, publishers could come to B & N's rescue by pressuring Amazon to raise its prices.
. As companies found themselves increasingly squeezed between the demands of workers and stockholders, however, they started pressuring their insurers, who passed that pressure on to hospitals, doctors, and other providers.
President Clinton said he looked forward to Barak's first U.S. visit like "a kid with a new toy," but CNN predicted that Clinton would refrain from pressuring Barak into immediate action.