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Ms Fortin-Lefaivre predicts US businesses, especially smaller firms that don't have the same resources to withstand them, will be pressuring political leaders.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

And they will be pressuring social media platforms to take greater action.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

The U.N. chief said he will be pressuring countries to promise to reduce carbon pollution even more than they did in the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2019