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prest

  • v  exert pressure or force to or upon
    He pressed down on the boards
  • v  force or impel in an indicated direction
  • v  to be oppressive or burdensome
    weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind
  • v  place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
    pressed flowers
  • v  squeeze or press together
    she compressed her lips
  • v  crowd closely
    The crowds pressed along the street
  • v  create by pressing
  • v  be urgent
  • v  exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
  • v  press from a plastic
  • v  make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
  • v  press and smooth with a heated iron
  • v  lift weights
  • v  ask for or request earnestly
  • s  compacted by ironing

  • Even when pressed, he is unable (or unwilling) to lay claim to a single idea or suggestion that made it into the most important product design of his career so far, Apple's iMac .
  • Gibson pressed her on how she would view Israel attacking Iran's nuclear facilities.
  • But other politicians pressed hard for nonviolent mass struggle against a Raj dangerously weakened by the threat of Japanese invasion.
News & Articles

  • Pelosi clashes with reporter over abortion, Kermit Gosnell
    The reporter pressed the House minority leader on the morality of late-term and partial-birth abortion, but she wasn't interested in talking about it.
    June 13, 2013 - Washington Post
  • Coroner details Santa Monica rampage deaths
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — As authorities pressed their investigation into why Santa Monica gunman John Zawahri killed five people in a rampage last week, new details began to emerge about the violence.
    June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Gov renews case on veto of proposed Missouri tax
    Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon pressed his objections Tuesday to what he called a "risky, untested scheme" that would reduce the state's income tax rate for the first time in more than 90 years. Nixon ...
    June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Tony La Russa in The Associated Press
    I think he's has pressed to make that deal look good, but he's settling in,Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "When you sign a deal like that you're going to catch some extra attention, that's just the way it is. He's shown a lot of...
  • Paul Goydos in Sportinglife.com
    I would be hard pressed to say anybody really sees this type of round coming on,he said. "Having said that, I definitely was scuttling on the bottom of the ocean here the last three or four months, but I thought I was getting better. Last...
  • Wesley Sneijder in Sydney Morning Herald
    We pressed in the second half and got a goal,Sneijder said. "This is the kind of game we maybe could have got two or three goals but we won it and that's great."

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