enormous pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenormousandpressure
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enormous
adjective
uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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Their poverty, heightened by the still fast growth of populations, putsenormouspressureon the environment.
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She was underenormouspressure.
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However, it also exertedenormouspressureon the strikers, who were unaccustomed to such high-level attention to their affairs.
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A successful science such as bacteriology was underenormouspressureof popularization in the 1880s and 1890s.
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There isenormouspressureon family life.
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They are clearly working underenormouspressure.
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Enormouspressurewas put on it.
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That putsenormouspressureon temporary accommodation.
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That putsenormouspressureon rented accommodation.
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There isenormouspressureon those people.
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There isenormouspressureupon those spaces.
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All have been underenormouspressureof time.
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They work underenormouspressureand constant change.
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This meant anenormouspressureon the household.
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The multinationals are puttingenormouspressureon their workers.
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This puts motor vehicle manufacturers underenormouspressure.
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There wasenormouspressureto recover the financial outlay.
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The stocks there are already underenormouspressure.
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Their absence putsenormouspressureon the security forces.
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That is the result of anenormouspressureof work.
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Those two factors placed anenormouspressureupon us.
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It has putenormouspressureon the mackerel industry.
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The furniture industry today is underenormouspressure.
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They are underenormouspressureto curtail public spending.
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