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noun as in physical force, weight

noun as in demand, difficulty

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adversity, burden, constraint, force, hardship, heat, influence, power, strain, stress, tension, trouble, weight

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affliction, albatross, choke, clout, coercion, compulsion, confinement, crunch, discipline, distress, drag, duress, exigency, hassle, hurry, load, misfortune, necessity, obligation, persuasion, press, pull, requirement, sway, unnaturalness, urgency

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Williams, who has since forged a successful solo career, also used his post to speak more generally about the pressures of being in a boyband.

Trump may face pressure not to renege on commitments to cut greenhouse gas pollution from other unexpected places.

Just as Hojgaard was piling on the pressure, McIlroy produced a stunning approach shot on the 16th to tee up a birdie putt.

The fewer EVs other carmakers sell, the more credit money Tesla takes in as pure profit, boosting its own stock price and putting pressure on the shares of competitors.

But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government is facing pressure to reduce record levels of migration, in the hope of improving housing affordability and easing a cost-of-living crisis, ahead of a federal election next year.