press on
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When Padilla lived in L.A., she adored her Los Feliz neighborhood, so on this late April afternoon she confesses to some disorientation at doing press on the Westside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
The reversal comes days after Pirro said publicly she intended to press on with the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
"When the nanopillars are closer together, more of them can press on the same virus at once, stretching its outer shell past breaking point."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
She had managed to press on to the semis only three times before, and never in Australia.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Now their party had to press on, get as far as they could before the riders set out.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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