Example Sentences

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Yields rose Friday because investors anticipated some combination of a Fed that raises rates, more persistent price pressures, or both.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Citizens Advice Guernsey says demand for its services is rising, with increasingly complex cases driven by housing shortages and cost of living pressures.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

It said, like many High Street retailers, it was facing "rising costs, inflationary pressures, and changing consumer habits - including reduced footfall, higher national insurance contributions, and growing competition from online resale platforms".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

In December, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced $12 billion in one-time payments for farmers facing market disruptions, high input costs and trade-related pressures.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan