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ERA backers had been pressuring Mr. Schumer for action over the last two years, when Democrats held control of the House, too.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2023

In them, Ms Murray complained the man was acting "overbearing and possessive" and had been pressuring her to go for drinks with him.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2022

Congress and the Pentagon had been pressuring him for weeks to move faster on evacuating Americans and their South Vietnamese allies, and now time was running out.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

Silvio had been pressuring me to take over Elite for like nine months.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

From the moment Burn and his fellow legislators arrived in Nashville, women on both sides of the issue had been pressuring them for their votes.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling