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pressures

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Those pressures have prompted companies to increase exports and expand overseas in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Burnham wants to project a sense that he gets it - the cost of living pressures so many feel so acutely - and he is getting a move on.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The same pressures pushing rates globally also apply to the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

He said the capital-expenditure comment pressures the cash-flow inflection outlook.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

As the plates push against each other, pressures build up until one or the other gives way.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson