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It has pressured spreads on longer hyperscaler bonds that mature in a decade or more the most, as the below BondCliQ chart shows.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Weber alleged that after she raised concerns about gender pay disparities, she was pressured to resign her vice provost job and was fired when she refused to do so.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

CN had pressured U.S. federal regulators in recent months to demand more information from the two players as they sought approval for their merger.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

"The general complaint is they felt pressured to do it as they didn't want to seem like a buzz kill and now have what looks like a bad biro drawing on them," she said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The Nazi Party pressured teachers for 100 percent Hitler Youth membership, and the teachers, in turn, pressured the students to join.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti